That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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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...

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that...

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that...

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

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

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

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

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

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.

In the end, everything is a gag.

In the end, everything is a gag.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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!

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless...

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless...

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...

Why should poetry have to make sense?

Why should poetry have to make sense?