Charlie Chaplin quotes and words of wisdom

"In the end, everything is a gag."
Found in the topic End.

"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl."
Found in the topic Comedy.

"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."
Found in the topic Beauty.

"You have to believe in yourself, that"s the secret. Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world."
Found in the topic Acquaintance.

"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."
Found in the topic Movies.

"No matter how desperate the predicament is, I"m 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."
Found in the topic Courage.

"Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the Headless Monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

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

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
Found in the topic Day.

Interesting Quotes

The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.Jane Wagner

Courage is grace under pressure.Ernest Hemingway - US author & journalist (1899 - 1961)