Mel Brooks Quotes

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

Mel Brooks

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• Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Time
  • Good
  • Men

• Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
  • Like
  • Always
  • Thought

• If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.

  

  G. Edward Griffin
  • Great
  • Truth
  • Information

• You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.

  

  Adam Oates
  • Different
  • Long
  • Day

• The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • Work
  • Thinking
  • Control

• You won't see me at a microphone singing and tapping my foot. I spend a lot of money on sets, costumes and sound. I believe people deserve a show. I'm a singer, musician, dancer. I work hard, and I'm soaking wet when I come off.

  

  Barbara Mandrell
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Up
  • Step
  • Boss

• I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of different ways to do that with real estate.

  

  Barry Sternlicht
  • Different
  • Real
  • Together

• We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Up
  • Women
  • She

• Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • People
  • Great
  • Pride

• The textile industry became a huge deal in 19th century America, kind of like the tech industry is today. And that immigrant tradition continues, especially in tech, America's most dominant and dynamic industry today.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • America
  • Today
  • Tradition

• There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Women
  • True
  • Think

• I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Enjoy
  • Idea
  • Doing

• As long as I'm learning every day of my life, I will never feel old. Never. And I don't feel old; I feel in my head and in my heart - I don't know, ageless!

  

  Pat Mitchell
  • Life
  • Long
  • Heart

• If we perform as a unit and if every single player gives it his very best, everything can happen.

  

  Oliver Kahn
  • Single
  • Best
  • Player

• For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.

  

  Ian Lustick
  • Environment
  • Player
  • Consequences

• On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around. You have the instances like the global warming convention, the Kyoto protocol, when the U.S. went its own way.

  

  Hans Blix
  • War
  • You
  • Global Warming

• Every time I get into a Nationwide car after being in a Cup car, I feel so much more comfortable than I did previously.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Time
  • Car
  • Feel

• When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.

  

  David Morrissey
  • Disappointment
  • Rejection

• Your entire universe will not be enough to make me guilty. You are the king of the Gods, Jupiter, the king of the stones and of the stars, the king of the waves of the sea. But you are not the king of men.

  

  Jean-Paul Sartre
  • Men
  • Universe
  • King

• You will never, I think, fully conquer the play. Every night, you see this Everest before you. It's that two, three hours and the audience, and you'd better tell the truth.

  

  David Oyelowo
  • Truth
  • Night

• Imagine how many women could excel in science if not for the pernicious myth that science and math are a man's game. Likewise, fitness isn't defined by the Arnold Schwarzeneggers of the world.

  

  Kyle Hill
  • World
  • Women
  • Game

• As artists, we can't help but infuse our art with our own experience, so your experience becomes informative.

  

  Rachel Morrison
  • Art
  • Experience
  • Help

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

  

  Mel Brooks