Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, “The Tramp”, and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. Profoundly inspirational Charlie Chaplin quotes will fire up your brain and inspire you to look at life differently while making you laugh.
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Famous Charlie Chaplin Quotes
A day without laughter is a day wasted. Charlie Chaplin
Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. Charles Chaplin
A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk. Charlie Chaplin
This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it. Charlie Chaplin
You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down. Charlie Chaplin
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
I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying. Charlie Chaplin
We think too much and feel too little. Charlie Chaplin
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles. Charlie Chaplin
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
A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk. Charlie Chaplin
I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment. Charlie Chaplin
We think too much and feel too little. Charlie Chaplin
I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man. Charlie Chaplin
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile. Charlie Chaplin
I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch. Charlie Chaplin
Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul. Charlie Chaplin
Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage. Charlie Chaplin
My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain. Charlie Chaplin
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
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. Charlie Chaplin
Why should poetry have to make sense? Charlie Chaplin
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it. Charlie Chaplin
We might as well die as to go on living like this. Charlie Chaplin
Life is a tragedy when seen in close up, but a comedy in long shot. Charlie Chaplin
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone. Charlie Chaplin
Imagination means nothing without doing. Charlie Chaplin
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world not even our troubles. Charlie Chaplin
Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express. Charlie Chaplin
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. Charlie Chaplin
Like everyone else I am what I am an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings; a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total. Charlie Chaplin
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. Charlie Chaplin
What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning. Charlie Chaplin
Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is elephant. Charlie Chaplin
Life can be wonderful if you’re not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination and a little dough. Charlie Chaplin
Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural. Charlie Chaplin
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. Charlie Chaplin
Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference. Charlie Chaplin
That’s the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves. Charlie Chaplin
We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. Charlie Chaplin
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
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. Charlie Chaplin
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone. Charles Chaplin
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. Charlie Chaplin
Machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don’t hate only the unloved hate, the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers, don’t fight for slavery, fight for liberty! You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure! Then, in the name of democracy, let us use that power. Let us all unite! Let us fight for a new world, a decent world. Charles Chaplin
To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune. Charlie Chaplin
Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is elephant. Charlie Chaplin
I don’t believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career. Charlie Chaplin
Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference. Charlie Chaplin
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
The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs. Charlie Chaplin
I am for people. I can’t help it. Charlie Chaplin
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
Life is a tragedy when seen in close up, but a comedy in long shot. Charlie Chaplin
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it! Charlie Chaplin
I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying. Charles Chaplin
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. Charlie Chaplin
I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment. Charlie Chaplin
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. Charlie Chaplin
Actors search for rejection. If they don’t get it they reject themselves. Charlie Chaplin
Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing. Charlie Chaplin
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty girl. Charlie Chaplin
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
I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror. Charles Chaplin
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. Charlie Chaplin
I have no further use for America. I wouldn’t go back there if Jesus Christ was President. Charles Chaplin
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. Charlie Chaplin
I don’t think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much better, places like North and South Dakota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. There, I think, are the true Americans. Charlie Chaplin
Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people. Charlie Chaplin
In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude of defiance we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature or go insane. Charlie Chaplin
I have no further use for America. I wouldn’t go back there if Jesus Christ was President. Charlie Chaplin
