Mel Brooks Quotes

I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.

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• A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.

  

  Victoria Wood
  • Men
  • Very
  • Other

• Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • Why
  • Door
  • Speak

• I want someone who will love me for the person I am and not because of my status. It has to be someone who understands the pressure of playing for India. It will be very difficult to be with a person who has her own career because someone has to make sacrifices for the family and house.

  

  Yuvraj Singh
  • Family
  • Love
  • Career

• It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • World
  • Best
  • Honor

• I once went on the most grueling radio tour. Living in hotel rooms, sleeping in the backs of rental cars as my mom drove to three different cities in one day.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Different
  • Day
  • Mom

• A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Guy
  • Team
  • Player

• Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Life
  • Love
  • Friend

• We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.

  

  Abdoulaye Wade
  • Live
  • Wish
  • Young

• I grew up in a two-parent household. We all played sports, all sports, which cost a lot of money. My pops was an attorney; he went to College of the Holy Cross with Clarence Thomas. My mom worked a bit, then gradually came home and took care of us full time.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Up
  • Time
  • Money

• Our government should not be spying on the electronic communications of American citizens. Nor should our iPhones or Android devices be subject to unreasonable searches and seizures.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • American
  • Government

• He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.

  

  Walter Benjamin
  • Lying
  • Someone
  • Dresses

• In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Power
  • Strong

• My parents, my family, that's the biggest inspiration in my life. I've been in a lot of dark spots in my life, and if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be able to get out of it, but they are who they are. They followed me. They yelled at me. They screamed at me. They loved me.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Life
  • Family
  • Parents

• I used to have a rant all the time when things went wrong, at everybody around me, because you just have to get the frustration out.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Time
  • Wrong
  • Frustration

• And that's what happened to that show. It started ordinary, it started really rather bad. As I said, there was a review that said, really, we think the commercials are better than the show. And then it gradually developed.

  

  Patrick Macnee
  • Bad
  • Think
  • Better

• The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Good
  • Preparation
  • Tour

• Abilities wither under criticism, they blossom under encouragement.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Criticism

• Grow up. Grow up. Time to grow up. You’re here now. We’re working on physics here, not religion. Drop the mysticism and grow up.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Time
  • Religion
  • Working

• I saw Boy George looking amazing, absolutely unbelievable, and messaged him asking for the number of his nutritionist. I got in touch with her, and she put me on this diet plan, working out which foods do and don't suit me. It's not rocket science - basically, don't eat cake, don't eat bread.

  

  James Corden
  • She
  • Science
  • Amazing

• I don't get a chance to be funny on camera as often as I would like.

  

  William Sadler
  • Chance
  • Cameras

• Unlike Rosa, I can see no divine purpose behind the tangle of this existence, no ordering hand. It is all a mystery, or more accurately, a mess. There are no heroes or villains, no saviors or demons or angels. Only those who have died and those of us who, for whatever reason, have survived. None of this will keep me from believing in God. I believe in Him, I just don't know that I will ever have faith in Him.

  

  Brady Udall
  • God
  • Purpose
  • Reason

• Kids love me. I can bounce back and forth. I can discipline kids, and I can get into the mind of a kid. In my brain, I consider myself the ultimate video game player. The ultimate snack maker.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Mind
  • Kids
  • Game

• I just read the scripts that come to me, and I see the ones which I really kind of understand and connect with, whether that's a science fiction or a period piece. It doesn't really matter as long as they're original and I have something to do with the character.

  

  Asa Butterfield
  • Long
  • Character
  • Science

• I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.

  

  Mel Brooks