As for politics, Iβm an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Canβt stand caged animals. People must be free.
Charlie ChaplinRead
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
Interpretation
Laughter provides comfort and relief from suffering.
This quote by Charlie Chaplin highlights the therapeutic effects of laughter, suggesting that it can serve as a remedy for emotional and physical pain. By referring to laughter as a 'tonic' and 'relief,' Chaplin emphasizes its ability to uplift spirits and bring joy during difficult times.
In practice
During a motivational speech to uplift a weary audience.
As for politics, Iβm an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Canβt stand caged animals. People must be free.
By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.
Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
Friends have asked how I came to engender this American antagonism. My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not a Communist I refused to fall in line by hating them. Secondly, I was opposed to the Committee on Un-American Activities - a dishonest phrase to begin with, elastic enough to wrap around the throat and strangle the voice of any American citizen whose honest opinion is a minority of one.
You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
During my incarceration Mother visited me. She had in some way managed to leave the workhouse and was making an effort to establish a home for us. Her presence was like a bouquet of flowers; she looked so fresh and lovely that I felt ashamed of my unkempt appearance and my shaved iodined head.'You must excuse his dirty face,' said the nurse.Mother laughed, and how well I remember her endearing words as she hugged and kissed me: 'With all thy dirt I love thee still.
For your own safety, do not ever tell an astrophysicist, I hope all your stars are twinkling.
Jack: Actually, I was found. Lady Bracknell: Found? Jack: Uh, yes, I was in... a handbag. Lady Bracknell: A handbag? Jack: Yes, it was... [makes gestures] Jack: an ordinary handbag.
Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.
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