[ King Louis XVI, played by Mel Brooks, speaking :] It’s good to be the king.

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

[ Lili von Shtupp, played by Madeline Kahn, speaking to black cowboy Bart, played by Cleavon Little :] Is it true how zey say zat you people are . . . gifted? Oh! It’s twue! It’s twue!

[ The Waco Kid, played by Gene Wilder, speaking :] You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know—morons.

[ Jury foreman, played by Bill Macy, returning verdict on Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, played by Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder :] We find the defendants incredibly guilty.

[ Governor William J. Le Petomane, played by Mel Brooks, addressing his secretary’s breasts :] Hello, boys . . . Have a good night’s rest? . . . I missed you.

[ Roger De Bris, played by Christopher Hewett, speaking :] Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings, we are only seeing singing Hitlers.

[ Franz Liebkind, played by Kenneth Mars, speaking :] Hitler was better looking than Churchill, he was a better dresser than Churchill, he had more hair, he told funnier jokes, and he could dance the pants off of Churchill.

[ Leo Bloom, played by Gene Wilder, speaking :] It’s simply a matter of creative accounting. Let’s assume for a moment that you are a dishonest man. . . . It’s very easy. You simply raise more money than you really need.

[ Max Bialystock, played by Zero Mostel, speaking :] That’s it, baby! When you got it, flaunt it!