Charlie Chaplin Quotes

My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh.But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's ...

By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.

I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conque...

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to...

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish id...

You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be de...

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

We think too much and feel too little.

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I...

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty girl.

I love rain because tears can not be seen in rain.

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

Patriotism is too deep a feeling to depict in the posing for a photograph.

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.

I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle...

Machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you ar...

Why should poetry have to make sense?

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happine...

In the end, everything is a gag.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane...

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Imagination means nothing without doing.

I do not need drugs to be a genius, do not take a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be ha...

Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it do...