Charlie Chaplin

"I have always felt that comedy is my calling."

"Death is the only thing that any of us can count on."

"You stand there, and you listen, and you let the moment take you."

"I believe in living as if each day were my last."

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to think and feel deeply"

"I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown"

"We think too much and feel too little"

"Life is a beautiful thing if you know how to live it"

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

"I have no faith in political promises"

"Age is no barrier - it's a limitation you put on your mind"

"The great dictator of the future will be the machine"

"I believe that order is better than chaos, but I would not sacrifice liberty for a full belly"

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself"

"Wars, conflict, it's all business"

"The basic essential of a great actor is that great acting thing - but of course nobody quite knows what that is"

"I wanted to earn enough money so I could get married"

"Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone"

"Without humor, life would be insufferable"

"Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people"

"The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have"

"I don't believe that the great tragedies and comedies of history produce themselves and that emotions just happen"

"The truth is, I don't trust words; I trust the motion picture"

"I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying"

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles"

"I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it"

"My pain may be the reason for somebody's gain"

"Words like 'love' and 'beauty' are too vague to be helpful"

"I'm a clown with brains"