The three great…

IMAGE: The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. – Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) (Image by Mark Mathosian from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google… More »

There is nothing…

IMAGE: There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – Hamlet — William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616): Hamlet, Act II, Scene II (Image by ImaArtist from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google… More »

That which is…

IMAGE: That which is apparent ends. That which is subtle is never-ending.

That which is apparent ends. That which is subtle is never-ending. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) (Image by KatinkavomWolfenmond from Pixabay) / (Image by kytalpa from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine… More »

That’s all any of us…

IMAGE: That's all any of us are - amateurs. We don't live long enough to be anything else.

That’s all any of us are – amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else. – Calvero — Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977): Limelight (Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay) / (Image by mohamed Hassan… More »

People miss…

IMAGE: People miss happiness by chasing after false values and repressing the feelings that make life valuable and beautiful. When you get up in the morning feeling fine your experience during just those few minutes or hours when you are reacting happily to life is an end in itself.

People miss happiness by chasing after false values and repressing the feelings that make life valuable and beautiful. When you get up in the morning feeling fine your experience during just those few minutes or hours when you are reacting… More »

Restraint is a great…

IMAGE: Restraint is a great word, not only for actors but for everybody to remember. Restraint of tempers, appetites, desires, bad habits, and so on, is a mighty good thing to cultivate. One of the reasons I hated the early comedies in which I played was because there wouldn't be much "restraint" in hurling custard pies! One or two custard pies are funny, perhaps: but when nothing but custard pies is used to get laughs, the picture becomes monotonous.

Restraint is a great word, not only for actors but for everybody to remember. Restraint of tempers, appetites, desires, bad habits, and so on, is a mighty good thing to cultivate. One of the reasons I hated the early comedies… More »

The saddest thing I…

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

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) (Image by Momentmal from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »

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