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title: "5 Short Quotes By Mel Brooks"
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> [My mother is very short - four-eleven. She could walk under tables and never hit her head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/my-mother-is-very-short-four-eleven-she-could-walk-under-tables-and/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/mel-brooks-2308_eleven_my-mother-is-very-short-four-eleven-she_104776.png)

> [You want me to admit I'm a four-foot, six-inch freckle-faced person of Jewish extraction? I admit it. All but the extraction. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/you-want-me-to-admit-i-m-a-four-foot-six-inch-freckle-faced-person-of/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/mel-brooks-2308_bothered_you-want-me-to-admit-i-m-a-four-foot-six_874777.jpg)

> [Being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/being-short-never-bothered-me-for-three-seconds-the-rest-of-the-time/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/mel-brooks-2308_bothered_being-short-never-bothered-me-for-three_2342503.png)

> [Oh, I'm not a true genius. I'm a near genius. I would say I'm a short genius. I'd rather be tall and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/oh-i-m-not-a-true-genius-i-m-a-near-genius-i-would-say-i-m-a-short/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/mel-brooks-2308_genius_oh-i-m-not-a-true-genius-i-m-a-near-geni_2546670.png)

> [All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/all-short-women-have-a-delayed-fuse-marry-a-taller-woman-my-wife-was/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

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## Other authors on Short

## More by Mel Brooks

> [Woody Allen is a genius. His films are wonderful. He's poetic, but he's also a critic. He artfully steps back from a social setting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/woody-allen-is-a-genius-his-films-are-wonderful-he-s-poetic-but-he-s/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [ Comedy is lively, comedy is joy, and that's what keeps us \[people\] going, we've got to look forward to little, little happiness's. Little, little… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/comedy-is-lively-comedy-is-joy-and-that-s-what-keeps-us-people-going/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [All right, I am often brash, rude and brutally direct. Someday I'm going to die and I don't have time to toe-dance around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/all-right-i-am-often-brash-rude-and-brutally-direct-someday-i-m-going/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/i-don-t-think-in-terms-of-results-at-all-i-think-what-next-insanity/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [My mother is very short - four-eleven. She could walk under tables and never hit her head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/my-mother-is-very-short-four-eleven-she-could-walk-under-tables-and/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [The audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved; they don't want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/the-audience-they-see-the-name-mel-brooks-they-want-something-really/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [I realised that all one really had to do was just observe. Observe and slightly exaggerate, and you had comedy. Instead of creating a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/i-realised-that-all-one-really-had-to-do-was-just-observe-observe-and/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/life-literally-abounds-in-comedy-if-you-just-look-around-you/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [Look, I really don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/look-i-really-don-t-want-to-wax-philosophic-but-i-will-say-that-if/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [I knew it... I'm surrounded by assholes!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/i-knew-it-i-m-surrounded-by-assholes/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/i-was-in-the-army-and-to-me-it-was-like-a-newsreel/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/but-i-have-bad-taste-with-a-deep-fount-of-intellectuality/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> ['Mad About You' was very fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/mad-about-you-was-very-fun/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [Immortality is a by-product of good work. Masterpieces are not for artists, they're for critics. Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/immortality-is-a-by-product-of-good-work-masterpieces-are-not-for/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

> [If Ivan the Terrible had been kissed and loved between zero and three, he probably would have become Ivan Not So Terrible. If you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/if-ivan-the-terrible-had-been-kissed-and-loved-between-zero-and-three/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

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