Mel Brooks Quotes

[On Churchill's Accent] "Ve must conquer da Narjies!" Now, we were fighting and killing Nazis. We all left and went looking for Narjies!

Nuit-Saint-Georges, a French pinot noir from a sub-region of Burgundy’s Côte de Nuits. All I can tell you is that it was a profound taste revelation! Ever since that night I have loved

Igor (limping off): Walk this way — and Dr. Frankenstein limps off after him.

There’s only one true test of a comedy, and that’s outright laughter. I don’t care how beautiful the lighting is, how superlative the script is, how wonderful the performances are. If you’re making a comedy and the audience isn’t falling down, holding their bellies, screaming with laughter, you’ve probably got a failure. First laughter and then everything else.

Humor is just another defense against the
universe.

Comedy made me friends, big friends to protect me from bullies. I made them laugh, and you don’t hit the kid that makes you laugh.

Dark Helmet [after everyone on the bridge announces that their last name is "Asshole."]: I knew it, I'm surrounded by Assholes.'''

We laughed hard at real stories of tragedy. It had to be real and it had to be funny. Somebody getting hurt was wonderful. Later, as the 2000 Year Old Man with Carl Reiner I explained the difference between comedy and tragedy: If I cut my finger, that’s tragedy. Comedy is if you walk into an open sewer and die.

Lead Tenor Stormtrooper: Springtime, for Hitler, and Germany Winter, for Poland and France!

Carl: I want to talk about the impact of the Ten Commandments. Mel: There were more. But they weren’t important. Carl: Can you tell me one? Mel: Certainly, “thou shalt not squint.

Dark Helmet: I see your schwartz is as big as mine.

Spiegel: Can you also get your revenge on him by using comedy?

I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.

Larry Clinton and his vocalist, Bea Wain,

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