Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Mel BrooksRead
Never retire! Do what you do and keep doing it. But don't do it on Friday. Take Friday off. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, go fishing...Then Monday to Thursday, do what you've been doing all your life. My point is: Live full and don't retreat.
Interpretation
Embrace life and continue to pursue your passions, but also take time to enjoy leisure activities.
This quote by Mel Brooks emphasizes the importance of fully engaging in life and the work we love while also recognizing the necessity of taking breaks to recharge. By suggesting to take weekends off for leisure, particularly fishing, it highlights the balance between hard work and relaxation, ultimately encouraging a fulfilling and joyful life.
In practice
During a motivational speech about pursuing passions and work-life balance.
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.
You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it.
Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable...but most of all, it's having those loved ones.
Now,I'm no scientist,but I know what endorphins are. They're tiny little magical elves that swim through your blood stream and tell funny jokes to each other. When they reach your brain,you hear what they're saying and that boosts your health and happiness. "Knock Knock... Who's There?.. Little endorphin... Little endorphin who?... Little Endorphin Annie." And then the endorphins laugh and then you laugh. See? Its Science.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that I'd be transformed into a happy person, but it doesn't work that way.
There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
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