Чарльз Спенсер Чаплин: Цитаты на английском языке (страница 3)

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”

“Imagination means nothing without doing.”

“Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.”

“What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.”

“I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of an ancestral promptings and urgings, a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, of all of which I am the sum total.”

“Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination… and a little dough”

“That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.”

“You need Power,
only when you want
to do something harmful
otherwise
Love is enough to get everything done.”

“We think too much and feel too little. 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.”

“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.”

“Hannah: Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.”

“Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no applause.”

“Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.”

“The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.”

“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.”

“Actors search for rejection. If they don’t get it they reject themselves.”

“I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.”

“More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness”

“All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.”