Charlie Chaplin

However, he is not above picking up cigarette-butts or robbing a baby of its candy. And, of course, if the occasion warrants it, he will kick a lady in the rear—but only in extreme anger!

Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing! Even to a jellyfish!

Making fun is serious business.

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

It isn't the ups and downs that make life difficult; it's the jerks.

I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.

Quebec from the boat looked like the ramparts where Hamlet's ghost might have walked. ... When we got off the streetcar at Times Square, it was somewhat of a letdown. Newspapers were blowing about the road and pavement, and Broadway looked seedy, like a slovenly woman just out of bed.

In this book I do not intend to give a blow-by-blow description of a sex bout: I find them inartistic, clinical and unpoetic. The circumstances that lead up to sex I find more interesting.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only -- and that is a clown.

It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

I like friends as I like music - when I am in the mood.

Let us strive for the impossible.

If you're really truthful with yourself, it's a wonderful guidance.

The deeper the truth in a creative work, the longer it will live.

I am a gentleman. I am a poet. I am a dreamer. But I am also a survivor.

I have no faith in anything but the power of the individual.

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass are fools.

To help a child, you must understand his fears.

The world is a beautiful place, and it's worth fighting for.

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.