Mel Brooks Quotes

Radar Officer: I've lost the sweeps, the bleeps, and the creeps! Explains via vocal sound effectsDark Helmet aside to Colonel Sandurz: That's not all he's lost.

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• I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.

  

  Dan Marino
  • Never
  • Need
  • Motivated

• Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Easy

• I don't know if I have a favorite color.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Know
  • Color
  • Favorite

• You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • People
  • Life
  • Chance

• I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.

  

  Washed Out
  • Up
  • Song
  • Kind

• Religion is induced insanity.

  

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair
  • Religion
  • Insanity
  • Induced

• I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'

  

  Laura Kightlinger
  • Myself
  • Place
  • Broke

• Dance should mean something to you.

  

  Damian Woetzel
  • You
  • Mean
  • Dance

• You have to take over your town in order to take over your city.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • You
  • City
  • Order

• Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

  

  Gabriel Marcel
  • Home
  • Man
  • Wisdom

• 'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.

  

  Tahl Raz
  • Grow
  • Finding
  • Exploring

• In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • Time
  • World
  • Business

• I'm a Virgo, and I know what I like.

  

  Zendaya
  • Know
  • Like
  • Virgo

• The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.

  

  Walter Gropius
  • Present
  • Influence
  • More

• I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day off,' I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don't relax well.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Today

• I like new challenges and new experiences.

  

  Ramon Rodriguez
  • Challenges
  • New
  • Experiences

• As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Kid
  • Created
  • Represent

• The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • Day
  • Revolution

• No matter what, I'm always interested in making music.

  

  Chris Robinson The Black Crowes
  • Music

• Thus, the word is more essential than cement. Thus, the word is not a small nothing. In this manner, noble people begin to grow, and their word will break cement.

  

  Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
  • People
  • Small

• One of the things the novel can do is address big questions in ways that are accessible to people. It's not that I want to teach people, but these are the things that interest me, and this is my medium for exploring ideas, and I think the potential of novels to do that is massive.

  

  Samantha Harvey
  • People
  • Ideas
  • Questions

• Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Good
  • Thought
  • Story

• There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

  

  Lena Headey
  • Control
  • Lost
  • Broken

• Radar Officer: I've lost the sweeps, the bleeps, and the creeps! Explains via vocal sound effectsDark Helmet aside to Colonel Sandurz: That's not all he's lost.

  

  Mel Brooks
  • Lost