Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

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As an English comic actor and filmmaker, Charlie Chaplin earned a lasting place in the canon of memorable quotations. The range of their thinking — from Time to Men — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. 24 of Charlie Chaplin's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Time, Men, Life, Truth, and Romantic. A line that stays with you: "Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Romantic

All Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

“I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.”

— Charlie Chaplin

Time

“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

Happiness

“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

Beauty

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Romantic

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Time

“Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.”

— Charlie Chaplin

Alone

“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

Men

“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

Art

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

— Charlie Chaplin

God

“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

Great

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Imagination

“Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.”

— Charlie Chaplin

Movies

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Life

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

— Charlie Chaplin

Courage

“Why should poetry have to make sense?”

— Charlie Chaplin

Poetry