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• Mel Brooks:

  Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

• Mel Brooks:

  He who hesitates is poor.

• Mel Brooks:

  We rest our case on the production numbers.

• Mel Brooks:

  If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

• Mel Brooks:

  Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.

• Mel Brooks:

  Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.

• Mel Brooks:

  We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.

• Mel Brooks:

  If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.

• Mel Brooks:

  I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

• Mel Brooks:

  If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.