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5 Mel Brooks Quotes on Life

Mel Brooks quotes on life

  1. As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.

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  2. Humor is just another defense against the universe.

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  3. Look, I really don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you got to jump around a lot, you got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy, or at least your thoughts should be noisy and colorful and lively.

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  4. Good comedy is never frivolous. It's based on human experience, on human adventure, on human feelings. So it has to be profound.

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  5. On his wife, Anne Bancroft:

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