Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis.

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy.

Greed has poisoned men's souls.

In the end, everything is a gag.

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

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