Brooks Quotes

179 quotes by 153 authors

The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he… — Mel Brooks
We are a water-drinking people, and we are allowing every brook to be defiled. — George Bird Grinnell
What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads that lead to ferny brooks… — Helen Keller
Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away. — Philip Sidney
Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook. — William Arthur Ward
Faith is an evil precisely because it requires no justification and brooks no argument. — Richard Dawkins
These are the forgeries of jealousy; And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain… — William Shakespeare
There is no part of the country where in the summer you cannot get a sufficient supply of the best specimens. Teach your children to… — Louis Agassiz
The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want to go on and on… — William O. Douglas
Imagine if all of life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza. Every pair of pants, even those in a Brooks… — P.J. O'Rourke
Wind, weather, power, load - gradually these elements stop churning in my mind. It's less a decision of logic than a feeling, the kind of… — Charles Lindbergh
Be inwardly ever newly joyous, like the ever-fresh laughing waters of a gurgling brook. — Paramahansa Yogananda
The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and preemptory spirit of excise laws. — Alexander Hamilton
Many can brook the weather that love not the wind. — William Shakespeare
By the wood-shed is a brook. It goes singing on. Its joy-song does sing in my heart. — Opal Whiteley
And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie. — Claudia Cardinale
My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks. — Robin Tunney
Id like to acknowledge three people who early on knew Mel Brooks was one of the funniest people in the world: Sid Caesar, me, and… — Carl Reiner
Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work — Tea Leoni
Ill give you an idea of how Jewish Mel Brooks is: Thats a nose job. — Martin Short

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