Charlie Chaplin

“I tell them to bring him in. He comes in smiling in triumph. And he can't speak English. After his hours of waiting we cannot talk. I feel rather sorry for him and we do our best. Finally, with the aid of about everyone in the hotel he manages to ask: "Do you like France?" "Yes," I answer. He is satisfied.”

“And I am going to have another opportunity. I am going to have a week-end with him at his home in Easton, a week-end with Wells at home, with just his family. That alone is worth the entire trip from Los Angeles to Europe.”

“I told him that it was very fine for well-fed, over-paid actors flaunting toughness at these deprived people, who are gentle and nice and, if ever tough, only so because of environment. I asked him how tough he would be if he were living the life that some of these unfortunate families must live. How easy for him, with five meals a day beneath that thrust-out chest with his muscles trained and perfect, trying to start something with these people. Of course they were not tough, but when it comes to four years of War, when it comes to losing an arm or a leg, then they are tough. But they are not going around looking for fights unless there is a reason.”

“Patriotism is too deep a feeling to depict in the posing for a photograph.”

“Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.”

“Preoccupati più della tua coscienza che della reputazione. Perché la tua coscienza è quello che tu sei, la tua reputazione è ciò che gli altri pensano di te. E quello che gli altri pensano di te è problema loro”

“The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.”

“my lips never know my problem they just always smile”

“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.”

“Le jour où je me suis aimé pour de vrai,J’ai compris qu'en toutes circonstances,J’étais à la bonne place, au bon moment.Et alors, j'ai pu me relaxer.Aujourd'hui je sais que cela s'appelle...l'Estime de soi.Le jour où je me suis aimé pour de vrai,J’ai pu percevoir que mon anxiété et ma souffrance émotionnelleN’étaient rien d'autre qu'un signalLorsque je vais à l'encontre de mes convictions.Aujourd'hui je sais que cela s'appelle... l'Authenticité.Le jour où je me suis aimé pour de vrai,J'ai cessé de vouloir une vie différenteEt j'ai commencé à voir que tout ce qui m'arriveContribue à ma croissance personnelle.Aujourd'hui, je sais que cela s'appelle... la Maturité.Le jour où je me suis aimé pour de vrai,J’ai commencé à percevoir l'abusDans le fait de forcer une situation ou une personne,Dans le seul but d'obtenir ce que je veux,Sachant très bien que ni la personne ni moi-mêmeNe sommes prêts et que ce n'est pas le moment...Aujourd'hui, je sais que cela s'appelle... le Respect.Le jour où je me suis aimé pour de vrai,J’ai commencé à me libérer de tout ce qui n'était pas salutaire, personnes,situations, tout ce qui baissait mon énergie.Au début, ma raison appelait cela de l'égoïsme.Aujourd'hui, je sais que cela s'appelle... l'Amour propre.Le jour où je me suis aimé pour de vrai,J’ai cessé d'avoir peur du temps libreEt j'ai arrêté de faire de grands plans,J’ai abandonné les méga-projets du futur.Aujourd'hui, je fais ce qui est correct, ce que j'aimeQuand cela me plait et à mon rythme.Aujourd'hui, je sais que cela s'appelle... la Simplicité.Le jour où je me suis aimé pour de vrai,J’ai cessé de chercher à avoir toujours raison,Et je me suis rendu compte de toutes les fois où je me suis trompé.Aujourd'hui, j'ai découvert ... l'Humilité.Le jour où je me suis aimé pour de vrai,J’ai cessé de revivre le passéEt de me préoccuper de l'avenir.Aujourd'hui, je vis au présent,Là où toute la vie se passe.Aujourd'hui, je vis une seule journée à la fois.Et cela s'appelle... la Plénitude.Le jour où je me suis aimé pour de vrai,J’ai compris que ma tête pouvait me tromper et me décevoir.Mais si je la mets au service de mon coeur,Elle devient une alliée très précieuse !Tout ceci, c'est... le Savoir vivre.Nous ne devons pas avoir peur de nous confronter.Du chaos naissent les étoiles.”

“Your Pain May GiveLaugh To SomebodyButYour Laugh Shouldn'tGive Pain To Anybody”

“More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness”

“I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.”

“A day without laughing is a day wasted.”

“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.”

“There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.”

“Um homem não pode regressar. Ele pensa que sim, mas outras coisas se passaram na sua vida. Tem novas ideias, novos amigos e novas ligações. Não pertence ao seu passado, excepto pelo facto de que o passado terá deixado, talvez, marcas nele.”

“Será que me vou levantar para o almoço ou almoçarei no camarote? Há uma letargia suplicante que indica, «Toma-o na cama», mas não consigo dominar o desejo de explorar e o sentimento de expectativa de que algo está prestes a acontecer- e, por isso, decido almoçar na sala de jantar. Estou a dar a mim próprio um estímulo emocional. Nada acontece. Não conhecemos ninguém.”

“Não consigo dormir esta noite. Encontro-me perante algo novo, algo pleno de expectativas. O futuro imediato é demasiado tentador para poder dormir.”

“Éramos criaturas do presente e não uma produção do passado nem uma promessa do futuro. Éramos aceites tal como éramos sem rótulos de "Quem é Quem" e registos de rendimentos.”

“Seriamos grandes amigos se ele não fosse um advogado e tenho a certeza de que deve haver momentos em que é uma companhia maravilhosa. Talvez o despeça para depois nos conhecermos melhor.”

“...The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way.Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in; machinery that gives abundance has left us in want.Our knowledge has made us cynical,our cleverness hard and unkind.We think too much and feel too little.More than machinery we need humanity,more than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness.Without these qualities life will be violent and all will be lost.”

“Vosotros no sois ganado, no sois máquinas, sois Hombres.”

“You need Power, only when you wantto do something harmfulotherwiseLove is enough to get everything done.”

“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.”

“You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.”

“I like to walk in rain, so that nobody can see my tears.”

“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”

“Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.”

“My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh.But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.”

“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.”

“Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.”

“All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty girl.”

“Charlie is already outdated, Zheraldin! Sooner or later, instead of white silk to the scene, you will have to wear black to go to my grave. Now I do not want to bother. Only from time to time look in the mirror, there will see me. My blood runs in your veins. I even when in my veins the blood dried up, not to forget his father – Charlie. I was not an angel, but as far as could be stremyah to be a man. Try it and you.”

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

“Imagination means nothing without doing.”

“I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. 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, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. The airplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say, do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. 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. Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, enslave you; who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don't hate! Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! 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. Then in the name of democracy, let us use that power. Let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill that promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to fulfill that promise. 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 men's happiness. Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us all unite!”

“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”

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

“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”

“Guarda il cielo. Non troverai mai un arcobaleno se stai guardando per terra.Look up to the sky. You'll never find rainbows if you’re looking down.”

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

“Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough”

“In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs”

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

“From such trivia, I believe my soul was born.”

“In this desperate way, I started many a comedy.”

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

“Човек е толкова голям, колкото са големи мечтите му”