No matter how desperate the predicament is, I'm always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
Source: In Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, by James B. Simpson, 1988.
-- Charlie Chaplin, (Apr 16 1889-1977), English actor, director, composer; He is considered the greatest comic actor of silent movies, e.g., The Kid, 1920 and The Gold Rush, 1924.