Charlie Chaplin — "I suppose that's one of the ironies of life – doing the wrong thing at the right…"

"I'm not a citizen, I don't need citizenship papers, and I've never had patriotism in that sense for any country, but I'm a patriot to humanity as a whole. I'm a citizen of the world."

"Hanns Eisler is a personal friend and I am proud of the fact... I don't know whether he is a communist or not. I know he is a fine artist and a great musician and a very sympathetic friend. No it woul…"

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

"The world is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy for those who think."

"It's not the reality that counts in a film, but what imagination can do with it."