My sister Edith died at the age of 43. She was the youngest sister and the funniest. I had to harrumph and… — Richard Burton Age Copy Share Image
A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles. — Richard Burton Gold Copy Share Image
The only nice poets I've ever met were bad poets, and a bad poet is not a poet at all - ergo,… — Richard Burton Bad Copy Share Image
If I had a chance for another life, I would certainly choose a better complexion. — Richard Burton Another Copy Share Image
You reach the top of the heap, but it's a circle, and you slip on the down side, maybe for years. You… — Richard Burton Circle Copy Share Image
I grew up among heroes who went down the pit, who played rugby, told stories, sang songs of war. — Richard Burton Heroes Copy Share Image
One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with… — Richard Burton Adventure and life Copy Share Image
I am as dispassionate as it is possible for a human being to be and not be a machine. — Richard Burton Am Copy Share Image
Sometimes I am so much my father's son that I give myself occasional creeps. — Richard Burton Father Copy Share Image
How do you live with one person for 13 years and another for eight and find both as alien as strangers? — Richard Burton Alien Copy Share Image
How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life,… — Richard Burton Dream Copy Share Image
You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice. — Richard Burton About Copy Share Image
Let's have days and days of brilliant clarity, etched and limpid, cool and surgical. — Richard Burton Brilliant Copy Share Image
Anyone can play Henry VIII. I mean, even Robert Shaw... has played it. — Richard Burton Even Copy Share Image
There is no Heaven, there is no Hell; These are the dreams of baby minds; Tools of the wily Fetisheer, To fright… — Richard Burton Dreams Copy Share Image
I have to think hard to name an interesting man who does not drink. — Richard Burton Alcohol Copy Share Image
False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the… — Richard Burton Animation Copy Share Image
If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it. — Richard Burton Rubbish Copy Share Image
