Charlie Chaplin Quotes

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

In the end, everything is a gag.

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

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

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

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

I have many problems in my life. But my lips don’t know that. They always smile.

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

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

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

We think too much and feel too little.

We were not meant to be somebody – we were meant to be somebody’s.

I don’t believe that I am better than anyone else, but I suppose that I must be different.

The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.

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

I don’t need drugs to be a genius, do I?

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

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

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

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

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

You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.

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.

Imagination means nothing without doing.

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

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

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

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.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

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

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

In the silence of the night, I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

To fall in love is to be reminded of a frustration that you didn’t know you had.

I am a citizen of the world!

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature – or go insane.

Without due process of law, such developments as synthetic music, viedophone calls, and instant bee photography could not have come about.

You need Power, only when you want to do something harmful, otherwise, Love is enough to get everything done.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

One fails forward toward success.

I have no further use for America. I wouldn’t go back there if Jesus Christ was President.

Why should poetry have to make sense?

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.

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

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

In the end, everything is a gag.

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

Worrying won’t stop the bad stuff from happening. It just stops you from enjoying the good.

That’s the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

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