About laughter and a positive outlook on life
1. A day without laughter is a day wasted.
2. To truly laugh, you must be able to accept your pain and play with it.
3. You will never see a rainbow if you look down.
4. Failure is not important. It takes courage to let people laugh at you.
5. My pain may be the reason for someone else's laughter, but my laughter should never be the reason for someone else's pain.
6. You will know that life is worth living if you just smile.
7. Smile even if your heart hurts. Smile even if it's broken. When there are clouds in the sky, you can cope if you smile through the pain and regret. Smile, and maybe tomorrow you will see the Sun shining for you.
8. I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and fear.
Charlie Chaplin Quotes
Prepared by: Dmitry Sirotkin
Compiled a selection of quotes from the American actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977).
This is the comic king of silent films .
Quotes are distributed by topic: laughter, life ethics, life, society, art, about yourself, human manifestations, cinema, creativity, women, love, children, sex, loneliness, strength, genius.
About laughter
A day without a smile is a lost day.
Thanks to humor, we will see the irrational in the rational, the unimportant in the important, humor helps us survive and maintain our sanity.
It takes real courage to let people laugh at you.
My pain may be the reason for someone else's laughter, but my laughter should never be the reason for someone else's pain.
The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.
It's all about sincerity. The old man slipped on a banana skin and fell - we're not laughing. But if the same thing happens to a pompous rich gentleman, we laugh.
By the way, quotes with humor
About life ethics
Nothing lasts forever in our sinful world, not even our troubles.
I believe that the power of laughter and tears can be an antidote to hatred and fear.
I'm not afraid of clichés. All life is a complete cliché. We all live and die, eat three times a day, fall in and out of love.
Failure is not the end of the world. After all, in order to make yourself look like an idiot, you need a certain courage.
He who feeds a hungry animal feeds his own soul.
The saddest thing that can happen in life is the habit of luxury.
About life
Why do you need meaning? Life is just a desire and no meaning.
Life is just a manifestation of desires, and no one is ever satisfied with it.
Life is a beautiful thing, even for a jellyfish.
Life is a tragedy when you see it close up, and a comedy when you look at it from afar.
Life is a play that cannot be rehearsed. So sing, cry, dance, laugh and live to the fullest until the curtain falls and the stage ends, without any applause.
Life without arguments would be very boring. Everything that lives cries out for discussion.
By the way, quotes about life
About the society
Patriotism is the greatest madness from which the world has ever suffered.
I find nothing attractive or instructive in poverty. She taught me nothing and only distorted my understanding of the values of life.
There are many good things about communism. We can use the good and separate the bad.
I have nothing else to do in America. I will not return there, even if Jesus Christ becomes president.
Do not submit to tough and rude people who despise and enslave you, who tell you how to live, what to do, what to think and what to feel, who drill you, treat you like cattle, like cannon fodder. Do not obey these heartless people, machine men with machine minds and machine hearts. You are not cattle! You are people!
About art
Art, before giving a man wings so that he can fly high, usually breaks his legs.
There is no need to strive to show intelligence, to prove something with your performance, the main thing is to recreate a dramatically intense feeling. A play can begin like this: the curtain rises, the actors on stage are silent for ten whole minutes, then the window opens and a scream is heard from the street. It doesn’t matter whether any words are spoken, what matters is that the viewer is waiting and excited.
For the sake of art, you can appear on stage naked, but you need to return from there not only dressed, but also cleaner. But be that as it may, I want you to be the last person who will become a subject of the island of the naked.
By the way, quotes about art
About Me
I was not an angel, but I always strived to be human.
You need to believe in yourself, that's the whole secret. Even when I lived in an orphanage, when I wandered the streets in search of food, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in this world.
I remain a clown, and only a clown - and this puts me much higher than any politician.
I spent a lot of time in the circus. And I was always very worried about the tightrope walkers.
Everything happened by chance. The cameraman asked me to apply some makeup. I walked to the costume designers and along the way I thought: we need to make one thing contradict the other: baggy pants and a tight jacket, a big head and a small hat, so shabby, but at the same time a gentleman.
About human manifestations
Simplicity is not an easy thing.
A person's true character shows when he gets drunk.
It is very difficult to behave naturally if the mind is not occupied with anything.
The number of stupid things committed at the behest of reason is much greater than the number of stupid things committed out of stupidity.
How easily a person falls for the bait of the smallest courtesy - it is very difficult to kindle anger in oneself.
About cinema
To make a comedy, all I need is a park, a policeman and a beautiful girl.
When the era of talkies arrived, my hero Charlie came to an end. I had no idea what his voice was like.
A good talk film is worse than a good play, but a good silent film is better than a good play.
Every country has its own silent films.
Babies and dogs are the best actors in movies.
About creativity
Those who always look down will never see a rainbow.
Imagination means nothing if the one who has it is inactive.
Where do ideas come from? Only from persistent searches bordering on madness. To do this, a person must have the ability to suffer and not lose passion for long periods.
By the way, quotes about creativity
About women
A woman can make any billionaire man a millionaire.
Your job is difficult, I know that. Your body is covered only by a piece of silk.
Still, it’s a pity for silent films. What a pleasure it was to see a woman open her mouth, but her voice could not be heard.
By the way, quotes about women
About love
Your naked body should belong to someone who loves your naked soul.
Only the unloved hate.
Writing about true love means experiencing the most beautiful of creative disappointments: it cannot be described or expressed.
By the way, quotes about love
About children
He who has never been a child will never be an adult.
Children think that hair is a very significant part of their personality. They cry bitterly when they get their hair cut for the first time. No matter what kind of hair it is - curly, straight or standing on end - all the same, when children lose it, they experience an acute sense of loss.
By the way, quotes about children
About sex
Unlike Freud, I do not believe that sex is a determining factor in human behavior. It seems to me that cold, hunger and poverty determine his psychology much more deeply.
Procreation is the main law of nature, and every man, young and old, when he meets a woman, evaluates the possibility of sex with her.
About loneliness
Loneliness is repulsive. It is shrouded in sadness and cannot arouse either interest or sympathy in people. A person is ashamed of his loneliness. But to one degree or another, loneliness is everyone’s lot.
Evening is a very lonely time in California, especially in Hollywood.
By the way, quotes about loneliness
About strength
I hate elephants: so strong and so obedient.
Strength is only needed when you want to do something bad. In all other cases, Love is enough!
By the way, quotes about strength
About genius
Many jacks of all trades have been mistaken for geniuses.
All children are geniuses in one form or another - the task is to identify this genius.
About miscellaneous
There is nothing easier than writing down memories that have slipped your mind.
The ability to think is like playing the violin or piano; it requires daily practice.
One murder makes a person a criminal, millions of murders make a hero. It's all about scale.
Know that the biggest diamond is the sun. Luckily, it sparkles for everyone.
I hate the sight of blood, but it runs through my veins.
Happy is he whose deeds and glory outlive himself.
Charlie Chaplin was not an angel, but with his films he awakened and continues to awaken carefree laughter and sentimentality in people . His lucky break as a man of art was that after several unsuccessful attempts he found his Uno , a woman who brought warmth, comfort, and eight children into his life.
Quotes about Charlie Chaplin
- B. Shaw: The only genius who came out of the film industry. (by the way, quotes from Bernard Shaw)
- L. Gray Chaplin: I think Charlie's greatest love was the character he created. Indeed. And everything that could somehow threaten him brought out the worst in this man. I think I finally realized that this was the reason - because this was his true love.
- M. Brando: Chaplin is a man whose talents are such that they force you to be drawn into the game. First of all, comedy is his territory. He is a genius, a cinematic genius. A comedic talent second to none.
- S. Lauren: You won’t believe it, but Charlie Chaplin was afraid to look into the camera, as directors do. He was so accustomed to the camera lens, to the acting role, that for him it was real torture to sit on the other side of it.
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About despair and tragedy
9. I always liked to walk in the rain so that no one would see my tears.
10. Despair is a drug. It plunges the mind into indifference.
11. Life is a tragedy when you see it close up, and a comedy when you look at it from afar.
12. Nothing is permanent in our sinful world, not even our problems.
13. The saddest thing I can imagine is getting used to luxury.
14. We can either die or continue to live the same way.
15. The mirror is my best friend, because when I cry, it never laughs.
Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer Chaplin) - born April 16, 1889, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. English and American film actor, screenwriter, composer and director, universal master of cinema, creator of one of the most famous images of world cinema - the image of the tramp Charlie. Twice winner of the American Film Academy Award (1929 and 1972). Died December 25, 1977 in Vevey, Switzerland.Quotes, aphorisms, sayings, phrases - Charlie Chaplin
- Only the unloved hate.
- Simplicity is not an easy thing.
- Babies and dogs are the best actors in movies.
- I don't like elephants. So strong and so obedient.
- He who has never been a child will never be an adult.
- It is very difficult to behave naturally if the mind is not occupied with anything.
- A person's true character shows when he gets drunk.
- Having killed once, a person becomes a scoundrel, a thousand times - a hero.
- He who feeds a hungry animal feeds his own soul.
- I find nothing attractive or instructive about poverty.
- A woman can make any billionaire man a millionaire.
- The saddest thing that can happen in life is the habit of luxury.
- There is nothing easier than writing down memories that have slipped your mind.
- To make a comedy, all I need is a park, a policeman and a beautiful girl.
- Life without arguments would be very boring. Everything that lives cries out for discussion.
- The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.
- Life is just a manifestation of desires, and no one is ever satisfied with it.
- Your naked body should belong to someone who loves your naked soul.
- The ability to think, like playing the violin or piano, requires daily practice.
- I believe that the power of laughter and tears can be an antidote to hatred and fear.
- Life is a tragedy when you see it close up, and a comedy when you look at it from afar.
- Art, before giving a man wings so that he can fly high, usually breaks his legs.
- When the era of talkies arrived, my hero Charlie came to an end. I had no idea what his voice was like.
- Still, it’s a pity for silent films. What a pleasure it was to see a woman open her mouth, but her voice could not be heard.
- For the sake of art, you can appear on stage naked, but you need to return from there not only dressed, but also cleaner.
- The number of stupid things committed at the behest of reason is much greater than the number of stupid things committed out of stupidity.
- I'm not afraid of clichés. All life is a complete cliché. We all live and die, eat three times a day, fall in and out of love.
- Writing about true love means experiencing the most beautiful of creative disappointments: it cannot be described or expressed.
- Unlike Freud, I do not believe that sex is the determining factor in the complex of human behavior. It seems to me that cold, hunger and the shame of poverty determine his psychology much more deeply.
- Loneliness is repulsive. It is shrouded in sadness and cannot arouse either interest or sympathy in people. A person is ashamed of his loneliness. But to one degree or another, loneliness is everyone’s lot.
- Life is a play that cannot be rehearsed. So sing, cry, dance, laugh and live to the fullest until the curtain falls and the stage ends, without any applause.
- Einstein once wrote to Charlie Chaplin: "Your film 'The Gold Rush' is understood throughout the world, and you are sure to become a great man." To which Chaplin replied: “I admire you even more. Nobody in the world understands your theory of relativity, but you still became a great man.”
- There is no need to strive to show intelligence, to prove something with your performance, the main thing is to recreate a dramatically intense feeling. A play can begin like this: the curtain rises, the actors on stage are silent for ten whole minutes, then the window opens and a scream is heard from the street. It doesn’t matter whether any words are spoken, what matters is that the viewer is waiting and excited.
About comedy and career
16. All I need for a comedy is a park, a policeman and a beautiful girl.
17. I don't believe that the public knows what it wants. I have come to this conclusion over the years of my career.
18. I came into this craft for the sake of money, and art grew out of it. If people are disappointed by this confession, then there is nothing I can do. This is true.
19. The main thing for a great actor is to love himself in acting.
20. Imagination means nothing without action.
21. Why should poetry have meaning?
22. Let us strive for the impossible. The great achievements in history have been the conquest of what seemed impossible.
About love
41. Your naked body should belong only to the one who fell in love with your naked soul.
42. Only the unloved hate.
43. Strength is needed only when you want to do something bad; in any other case, love is enough.
44. When I began to love myself, I stopped striving for a different life, and I saw that everything around me invited me to grow. Today I call it maturity.
45. Ideal love is the most beautiful of all disappointments, because it is more than can be expressed.
About human nature
23. We think too much and feel too little.
24. A person's true character is revealed when he is drunk.
25. I am at peace with God. But in conflict with a person.
26. I am for the people - I can’t do anything about it.
27. What is your purpose? Life is desire and no meaning.
28. We all want to help each other. People are built that way. We want to live in each other's happiness, not their grief.
29. Each person individually is a genius. But in a crowd, people turn into a headless monster, a huge, cruel idiot who goes where he is pushed.
30. Worry more about your conscience than your reputation. Because your conscience is what you are, and your reputation is what others think of you. What they think about you is their problem.
About life
36. Life is a wonderful, magnificent thing, even for a jellyfish!
37. Life and death are too merciless and too inexorable to be accidental.
38. Think about yourself at least once in your life, otherwise you will miss the best comedy in the world.
39. Time is the best author. It always writes the perfect ending.
40. Life laughs at you when you are unhappy. Life smiles on you when you are happy. But life welcomes you when you make others happy.
