45 Quotes by Charlie Chaplin
- I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
- In the end, everything is a gag.
- I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.
- I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
- Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
- A day without laughter is a day wasted.
- A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
- A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
- Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
- All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.
- Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
- I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.
- Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.
- I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.
- I am for people. I can't help it.
- I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
- I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.
- I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.
- I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.
- Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.
- That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
- We think too much and feel too little.
- We might as well die as to go on living like this.
- To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!
- This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.
- The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
- The glamour of it all! New York! America!
- Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.
- Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.
- Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.
- Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.
- All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
- Why should poetry have to make sense?
- Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.
- To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.
- Celebrate your uniqueness, for in a world of clones, being yourself is the ultimate rebellion.
- A day without laughter is a day wasted
- Success isn't just a destination; it’s like hunting for an elusive peanut while simultaneously juggling turnip, apple, and jealousy. Fascinating, isn’t it?
- Success is just failure that didn’t give up its sense of humor.
- Success is often just a reason to make a grander failure, so wear your optimism goggles and keep aiming for outrageous!
- Failure is just success rehearsing for its big debut.
- Success is just intelligence, dressed in perseverance for a more successful debut.
- Success is often just a misunderstood failure dressed in a business suit!
- Success is like a parachute; it only works when you take a leap of faith!
- Success is a series of funny missteps on the way to greatness—embrace them like a good slapstick comedy!
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