Charlie Chaplin was born Charles Spencer Chaplin in London, England on 16 April 1889. His parents, Charles Chaplin, Sr and Hannah Hill were music hall entertainers but separated shortly after Charlie was born, leaving Hannah to provide for her children. In 1896 when Hannah was no longer able to care for her children, Charlie and his brother Sydney were admitted to Lambeth Workhouse and later, Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. He grew to become one of the most popular and successful actors of all time.
(1889 – 1977)
– Charlie Chaplin Quotes –
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.
~ Charlie Chaplin
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
~ Charlie Chaplin
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
~ Charlie Chaplin
We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery.
~ Charlie Chaplin
To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.
~ Charlie Chaplin
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
~ Charlie Chaplin
We might as well die as to go on living like this.
~ Charlie Chaplin
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
~ Charlie Chaplin
What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
~ Charlie Chaplin
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.
~ Charlie Chaplin
I don’t believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.
~ Charlie Chaplin
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.
~ Charlie Chaplin
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!
~ Charlie Chaplin
I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.
~ Charlie Chaplin
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
~ Charlie Chaplin
I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.
~ Charlie Chaplin
We think too much and feel too little.
~ Charlie Chaplin
This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.
~ Charlie Chaplin
I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can’t help it. It’s the truth.
~ Charlie Chaplin
