Quotes By Charlie Chaplin

All I need is the opportunity,' I said confidently. He smiled. 'Seventeen's very young, and you look even younger.' I shrugged off-handedly. 'That's a question of make-up.' Karno laughed. That shrug, he told Sydney later, got me the job.

My faith is in the unknown, in all that we do not understand by reason; I believe that what is beyond our comprehension is a simple fact in other dimensions, and that in the realm of the unknown there is an infinite power for good.

Who feeds a hungry animal feeds his own soul.

To me all palaces are preposterous, a tasteless, dreary expression of ostentation.

The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding me because everybody understands me.

Tomorrow the birds will sing. Be brave. Face life.

My only enemy is time.

By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.

I do not need drugs to be a genius, do not take a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be happy.

As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection "WISDOM OF THE HEART".

My lips never know my problem, they just always smile.

In this desperate way, I started many a comedy.

From such trivia, I believe my soul was born.

Think about yourself at least once in your life. Otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.

In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude of defiance.

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.

I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror.

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

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

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.