quotes about Chaplin

“A field is the most just possession for men. For what nature requires it carefully bears: barley, oil, wine, figs, honey. Silver-plate and purple will do for the tragedians, not for life.”

“No one ever went to their deathbed saying, 'You know, I wish I'd eaten more rice cakes.”

“Nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.”

“A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.”

“If you get yourself out of politics, religion, everything, and think as a human, think based on love to everybody, at that moment you have a choice: to be an animal, or to be a human. I choose to be a human being, with conscience and responsibility.”

“Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence.”

Source : Lisa Delpit (2013). “Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom”, p.37, The New Press

“I don’t think any man writing can worry about what the act of writing costs him, even though at times he is very aware of it.”

“You can live your dreams if you can embrace change. It's by taking chances that you'll learn how to be brave.”

“If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future.”

“To me, video games aren't something as necessary as food or sleep, but they're just as important as delicious food, drinks, afternoon naps, walks, music, and sex (or masturbation). Not having them won't kill you, but without them, your life would be so boring you might as well be dead.”

Source : "Beer, Masturbation, And Twin Peaks: A Conversation With Swery65". Interview with Patrick Klepek, kotaku.com. May 1, 2015.