Quotes

“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

“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'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.” Charlie Chaplin

“In the end, everything is a gag.” Charlie Chaplin

“Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.” Charlie Chaplin

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

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

“All Fords are exactly alike, but no two men are just alike. Every new life is a new thing under the sun; there has never been anything just like it before, never will be again. A young man ought to get that idea about himself; he should look for the single spark of individuality that makes him different from other folks, and develop that for all he is worth. Society and schools may try to iron it out of him; their tendency is to put it all in the same mold, but I say don't let that spark be lost; it is your only real claim to importance.” Henry Ford

“An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.” Henry Ford

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

“History is more or less bunk.” Henry Ford

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.” Charlie Chaplin

“Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.” Charlie Chaplin

“I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.” Henry Ford

“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

“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” Henry Ford

“The glamour of it all! New York! America!” 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

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

“This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.” Charlie Chaplin

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

“To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!” 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

“People can have the Model T in any colour - so long as it's black.” Henry Ford

“We might as well die as to go on living like this.” Charlie Chaplin

“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.” Henry Ford

“We think too much and feel too little.” Charlie Chaplin

“What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.” Charlie Chaplin

“Why should poetry have to make sense?” Charlie Chaplin