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“Stormtrooper Mel : Don't be stupid, be a smarty
Come and join the Nazi Party!”

The Producers

“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.”

The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)

“Excuse me, is this England?”

While in a Adolf Hitler costume, after crash landing in England at the height of the Battle of Britain.
To Be Or Not To Be (1983)

“Man In Front of Castle: Hey Abbot!”

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

“Dr. Frankenstein:: Igor, would you give me a hand with the bags?
Igor:: [doing a Groucho Marx] Certainly, you take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban.”

Young Frankenstein

“I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.”

“To me, tragedy is if I'll cut my finger, that's tragedy…Comedy is if you walk into an open sewer and die.”

The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
Variant: Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

“Hope for the best. Expect the worst.
The world's a stage. We're unrehearsed.”

Chorus
12 Chairs

“The only thing we don't have a god for is premature ejaculation… but I hear that it's coming quickly.”

“If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.”

“Humor is just another defense against the
universe.”

“I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.”

“Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.”

“Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.”

“If they [presidents] can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.”

The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)

“My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.”

“Sheriff of Rotingham King illegal forest to pig wild kill in it a is!”

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

“Max Bialystock: I'm wearing a cardboard belt!”

The Producers

“Lady, it rose below vulgarity.”

To a woman accusing The Producers of being vulgar; quoted in "Great Movies: The Producers" by Roger Ebert (23 July 2000) http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-producers-1968

“Robin Hood: Watch my back!
Achoo: Yo' back just got punched twice.”

Robin Hood: Men in Tights