Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world. - Charlie Chaplin

يقول شابلن: اذا كان علينا في الفن ان نتبع عصرنا ، يكون رامبراندت متأخرا جدا بالنسبة لفنان غوج.
ألم يكن هذا الموقف بالتحديد هو الذي جعله يتردد كثيرا قبل ان ينتقل الى السينما الناطقة ، مقدما لنا اثنين من أهم أفلامه الصامتة وأجملها وأشدها نجاحا جماهيريا ، حتى بعد ان طلق الجميع تقريبا الشكل القديم من السينما وسايروا تطور العصر؟ ذانك الفيلمان كانا اضواء المدينة والأزمنة الحديثة

"It was strange to listen to slick young Nazis along Fifth Avenue haranguing small gatherings from little mahogany pulpits. One spiel went as follows: "The philosophy of Hitler is a profound and thoughtful study of this industrial age, in which there is little room for the middleman or Jew."

A woman interrupted. "What kind of talk is that!" she exclaimed. "This is America. Where do you think you are?"

The young man, an obsequious, good-looking type, smiled blandly. "I'm in the United States and I happen to be an American citizen," he said smoothly.

"Well," she said, "I'm an American citizen, and a Jew, and if I were a man I'd knock your block off!"

One or two endorsed the lady's threat, but most of them stood apathetically silent. A policeman standing by quieted the woman. I came away astonished, hardly believing my ears."

Patriotism is too deep a feeling to depict in the posing for a photograph.