Quotes from Charlie Chaplin

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

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.

In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs

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

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

Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security.

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

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

Sound has spoiled the most ancient of the world's arts, the art of pantomime, and has canceled out the great beauty that is silence.

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

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

That's what all we are: amateurs. We don't live long enough to be anything else.

I have found that great ideas come when you have a great desire to have them.

Life laughs at you when you are unhappy. Life smiles at you when you are happy. But, Life salutes you when you make others happy.

Nothing is permanent in the wicked world, not even our TROUBLES.

When we got off the streetcar at Times Square, it was somewhat of a letdown. Newspapers were blowing about the road and pavement, and Broadway looked seedy, like a slovenly woman just out of bed.

Quebec from the boat looked like the ramparts where Hamlet's ghost might have walked.

In the end, everything is a gag.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

You need power only when you want to do something harmful, otherwise love is enough to get something done.