Charlie Chaplin quotes

“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

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

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Charlie Chaplin

“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

“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

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

— Charlie Chaplin

“Why should poetry have to make sense?”

— Charlie Chaplin