In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief that the horrific cruelty of the Old Testament was degrading to the human spirit.
I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. 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. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful.
My character of the Tramp, the millions of workers symbolized in that one figure.
Sound has spoiled the most ancient of the world's arts, the art of pantomime, and has canceled out the great beauty that is silence.
Why should poetry have to make sense?
I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings, a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total.
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone
What can stars do? Nothing..But sit on their axis!
The building is a special place because of its architecture; But it's people who make it special by participating in it.
I like to walk in rain, so that nobody can see my tears.
Don't be afraid of the unknown because, even when they wander into chaos, planets are born stars!
I am not religious in the dogmatic sense... I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything.
By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.
To those who can hear me, I say, do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress.
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.
The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.
I do not wish to lose my temper because very shortly I will lose my head. Nevertheless, upon leaving this spark of earthly existence, I have this to say: I shall see you all very soon ... very soon.
Nothing is more important than the moving image; except for my cup of coffee in the morning.
So when I cease to be I want to go back...to the sea! Oh for the life of a sardine! That is the life for me!
One murder makes a villain; millions, a hero.
What a sad business is being funny!
Words seem so futile, so feeble. You are all such lovely, beautiful people ... thank you.
The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding me because everybody understands me.
Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watchtower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination.
Moving pictures need sound as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics.
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