Some Mel Brooks quotes, posted in _quotes_by xneonmoonx
01.) “Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.” -Mel Brooks
02.) Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. -Buddha
03.) “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.” -Mel Brooks
04.) “Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.” -Mel Brooks
05.) “If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.” -Mel Brooks
06.) “Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said” -Mel Brooks
07.) “Hope for the best, expect the worst./ Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.” -Mel Brooks
08.) “I love gentiles. In fact, on of my favorite activities is Protestant spotting.” -Mel Brooks
09.) “I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.” -Mel Brooks (on writing his Memoirs)
02.) Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. -Buddha
03.) “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.” -Mel Brooks
04.) “Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.” -Mel Brooks
05.) “If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.” -Mel Brooks
06.) “Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said” -Mel Brooks
07.) “Hope for the best, expect the worst./ Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.” -Mel Brooks
08.) “I love gentiles. In fact, on of my favorite activities is Protestant spotting.” -Mel Brooks
09.) “I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.” -Mel Brooks (on writing his Memoirs)