I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror Charlie Chaplin More Quotes by Charlie Chaplin More Quotes From Charlie Chaplin That's what all we are: amateurs. We don't live long enough to be anything else. Charlie Chaplin designenoughlong 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 fixingtiesmatter To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune. Charlie Chaplin humorfriendshipfunny Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express. Charlie Chaplin frustrationbeautifullove The building is a special place because of its architecture; But it's people who make it special by participating in it. Charlie Chaplin architecturespecialpeople Why should poetry have to make sense? Charlie Chaplin lullsmake-senseshould I will not join any club who will take me as a member. Charlie Chaplin take-memembersclubs Nothing in life is permanent, not even one's troubles. Charlie Chaplin permanenttroublelife-is Quebec from the boat looked like the ramparts where Hamlet's ghost might have walked. Charlie Chaplin humorousmightfunny The rights of citizenship will be taken away from all Jews and other non-Aryans. They are inferior and therefore enemies of the state. It is the duty of all true Aryans to hate and despise them. Charlie Chaplin hatetakenrights It isn't the ups and downs that make life difficult; it's the jerks. Charlie Chaplin ups-downsdifficultjerk If you're really truthful with yourself, it's a wonderful guidance. Charlie Chaplin truthfulguidancewonderful 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 tragedyattitudelaughing 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 realnew-yorkthinking Words seem so futile, so feeble. You are all such lovely, beautiful people ... thank you. Charlie Chaplin lovelybeautifulpeople The cinema is little more than a fad. It's canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage. Charlie Chaplin dramabloodart As long as men die, liberty will never parish. Charlie Chaplin libertymenlong I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. 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. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful. Charlie Chaplin hatebeautifulmen In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke, it is written that the kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! 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... Let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all mens happiness. Charlie Chaplin hatebeautifuladventure During my incarceration Mother visited me. She had in some way managed to leave the workhouse and was making an effort to establish a home for us. Her presence was like a bouquet of flowers; she looked so fresh and lovely that I felt ashamed of my unkempt appearance and my shaved iodined head.'You must excuse his dirty face,' said the nurse.Mother laughed, and how well I remember her endearing words as she hugged and kissed me: 'With all thy dirt I love thee still. Charlie Chaplin flowermotherdirty
