I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from...

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from...

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....

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 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...

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

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

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

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...

In the end, everything is a gag.

In the end, everything is a gag.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

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

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

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

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

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

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

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

Why should poetry have to make sense?

Why should poetry have to make sense?

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...

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

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

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

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view...

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view...

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.