Charlie Chaplin Quotes

Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.

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.

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

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.

For years, I have specialized in one type of comedy—strictly panto­mime. I have mea­sured it, gauged it, studied. I have been able to establish exact principles to govern its reactions on audiences. It has a certain pace and tempo. Dialogue, to my way of thinking, always slows action, because action must wait on words.

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking.
When there are clouds in the sky
you'll get by.

If you smile through your pain and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through
For you.

I Love walking in the rain .. cause' then No one can see me crying.

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

Motion pictures need dialogue as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics.

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

In the end, everything is a gag.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a police-man, and a pretty girl.

You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness. You the people have the power to make life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.