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

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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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...

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...

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance...

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance...

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

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...

I am for people. I can't help it.I am for people. I can't help it.

I am for people. I can't help it.I am for people. I can't help it.

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

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

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

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

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

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

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

The glamour of it all! New York! America!

The glamour of it all! New York! America!

Why should poetry have to make sense?

Why should poetry have to make sense?

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

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...

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.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

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...

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.

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the...

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the...

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...