Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Love

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Life

We think too much and feel too little.

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Life

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Courage

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

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.

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

— Charlie Chaplin

Life

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.

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.

— Charlie Chaplin

Life

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

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.

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

In the end, everything is a gag.

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

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.

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

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.

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

— Charlie Chaplin

Life

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Wisdom