Sir Charlie Chaplin movie quotes

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.”
Sir Charlie Chaplin

“Life isn't a meaning but a desire.”
Sir Charlie Chaplin

“Through humour we see in what seems rational, the irrational; in what seems important, the unimportant.”
Sir Charlie Chaplin

“In the end, everything is a gag.”
Sir Charlie Chaplin

“Man is an animal with primary instincts of survival. Consequently, his ingenuity has developed first and his soul afterward. Thus the progress of science is far ahead of man's ethical behavior.”
Sir Charlie Chaplin

“Why not? After all, it belongs to him.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin

“The soul of man has been given wings and at last he is beginning to fly. He is flying into the rainbow! Into the light of hope, into the future! The glorious future, that belongs to you, to me and to all of us.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
Sir Charlie Chaplin

“The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.”
Sir Charlie Chaplin

“Let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.”
Sir Charlie Chaplin

“Paulette struck me as being somewhat of a gamine.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin

“There was a strong element of the merchant in me. I was continuously preoccupied with business schemes. I would look at empty shops, speculating as to what profitable businesses I could make of them, ranging from fish and chips to grocery shops.”
Sir Charlie Chaplin

“Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts!”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“Tomorrow the birds will sing.”
Sir Charlie Chaplin - A Tramp

“You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“Fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill that promise.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“The airplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“- Garbitsch: We've had to make a few arrests.
- Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania: A few? How many?
- Garbitsch: Nothing astronomical. Five or ten thousand... a day.”
Henry Daniell - Garbitsch
Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“- Garbitsch: Brunettes are trouble makers. They're worse than the Jews.
- Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania: Then wipe them out.
- Garbitsch: Start small. Not so fast. We get rid of the Jews first, then concentrate on the brunettes.”
Henry Daniell - Garbitsch
Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania

“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.”

Sir Charlie Chaplin - Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania