Charlie Chaplin
Greatest comedian in cinema history
Most quoted
"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."
— from The Great Dictator, 1940
"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today."
— from Attributed
"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."
— from The Great Dictator (Speech), 1940
All quotes by Charlie Chaplin (300)
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people.
I suppose that's one of the ironies of life: How much time we waste trying to become some body else when we ought to be developing the person we are.
Man is an animal with primary instincts of survival.
The way of life is wonderful. It is my music.
I went into the business for money, and the more money I got, the more I was responsible for.
In the end, everything is a gag.
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.
I am an individualist, and I believe in the individual.
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people.
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the cure for pain.
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that does not also have strength and deep feeling.
My only enemy is time.
The eternal struggle between good and evil is dramatized by the forces that impel man to greatness and the forces that drag him down.
I remain an individualist.
Like everyone else who makes a difference, I am an individual.
The world cannot be fixed through politics alone.
Humor is the most engaging cowardice.
I am not a politician, but a man who tries to be honest.
The machine will not solve our problems.
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
Contemporaries of Charlie Chaplin
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