I didn't speak English until I was ten, when Philip Burton, the schoolmaster who became my guardian, took me under his wing. — Richard Burton Guardian Copy Share Image
Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. — Richard Burton Crime Copy Share Image
'The Robe' was lousy but an almighty hit. I was dull as ditchwater and an almighty flop. — Richard Burton Almighty Copy Share Image
When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk. — Richard Burton Because Copy Share Image
If you drink it straight down, you can feel it going into each individual intestine. — Richard Burton Drink Copy Share Image
I am writing to please myself, though there is a feeling in some place in my head that this may be publishable.… — Richard Burton I am Copy Share Image
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. — Richard Burton Religion Copy Share Image
I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning. — Richard Burton Awful Copy Share Image
I might run from her for a thousand years and she is still my baby child. Our love is so furious that… — Richard Burton Burn Copy Share Image
The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional. — Richard Burton Bad Copy Share Image
It is impossible to tell you what is consisted in the act of love. — Richard Burton Act Copy Share Image
My next film, 'The Prince Of Players,' was Hollywood's first turkey in CinemaScope - when CinemaScope was new and hotter than a… — Richard Burton Cinema Copy Share Image
“The actor Richard Burton once wrote an article for the New York Times about his experience playing the role of Winston Churchill… — Richard Burton York Times Copy Share Image
I don't have tremendous physical vitality since I had a neck operation, and I'm more aware than I used to be of… — Richard Burton Acting Copy Share Image
An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman. — Richard Burton Actor Copy Share Image
I've made more millions than I can count. But you know, it's a faerie gold - the tax people take most of… — Richard Burton Alive Copy Share Image
“I am madly in love with her at the moment, as distinct from always loving her, and want to make love to… — Richard Burton Love Copy Share Image
All the bad things that have ever happened to me have always happened in Rome. — Richard Burton Always Copy Share Image
