Richard Burton Quotes & Sayings

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles. — Richard Burton

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. — Richard Burton

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work. — Richard Burton

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know. — Richard Burton

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles. — Richard Burton

I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning. — Richard Burton

I have to think hard to name an interesting man who does not drink. — Richard Burton

If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it. — Richard Burton

I might run from her for a thousand years and she is still my baby child. Our love is so furious that we burn each other out. — Richard Burton

An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman. — Richard Burton

You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice. — Richard Burton

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk. — Richard Burton

The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional. — Richard Burton

Home is where the Books are. — Richard Burton

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip. — Richard Burton