Charlie Chaplin

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

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

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

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

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

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.

Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

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

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

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