4 Mel Brooks Quotes on Philosophy

Mel Brooks quotes on philosophy

1. Chorus: 'Hope for the best. Expect the worst. / Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.'

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

62. If I got a paper cut, that's a tragedy. If you fell down an open manhole and died, that's comedy.

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68. 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.