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.

Why should poetry have to make sense?

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

I do not need drugs to be a genius, do not take a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be happy.

A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.

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.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs.

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

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery.

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

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

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

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease from pain.

You’ll never find rainbows if you’re looking down.

Let us strive for the impossible. The great achievements throughout history have been the conquest of what seemed impossible.