Charlie Chaplin

"All I want to do is go the distance in life."

"I do not believe in fate—I believe in choice."

"The gold rush was a disaster for many, but a dream for others."

"Actors should not take themselves seriously."

"I grew up in poverty, and I know what it means to want."

"Smile, though your heart is aching."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"I made people laugh because I believed laughter could heal."

"My films have always been about the struggle of the poor and oppressed."

"Technology has given us more control but less freedom."

"A man can go mad by studying the madness of others."

"Time is the coin of life. Only you can determine how it's spent."

"I have no formal education, but I have learned from life."

"The greatest achievements are often born from the greatest struggles."

"A kind word is never wasted."

"I have always been interested in the psychology of the human being."

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

"I believe in the power of imagination to change the world."

"Money is a commodity that we have all made too important."

"The old order changeth, giving place to new."

"I have often felt that my work is my life."

"The greatest invention is not the machine, but the human spirit."

"I became a tramp to expose the tragedies of everyday people."

"Patience is the virtue of the poor."

"I do not fear death; I fear not having lived."

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of evil, but because good people do nothing."

"I have tried to create a new form of art through cinema."

"To be alive is to feel, and to feel is to be vulnerable."

"I believe in the common man, for he is not common at all."

"The greatest tragedy is to stop believing in better days."