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

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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A day without laughter is a day wasted.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

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

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

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

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

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

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

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much...

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much...

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

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

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby...

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby...

Why should poetry have to make sense?

Why should poetry have to make sense?

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

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

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

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

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it....

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it....

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is...

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is...

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to...

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to...

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained...

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained...

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving...

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving...

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

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

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.