To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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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....

In the end, everything is a gag.

In the end, everything is a gag.

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.

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 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.

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.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

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...

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

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...

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...

Why should poetry have to make sense?

Why should poetry have to make sense?

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.