A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.
– Richard Burton
At 34 she is an extremely beautiful woman, lavishly endowed by nature with a few flaws in the masterpiece: She has an insipid double chin, her legs are too short and she has a slight potbelly. She has a wonderful bosom, though.
– 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
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
I rather like my reputation, actually, that of a spoiled genius from the Welsh gutter, a drunk, a womanizer; it's rather an attractive image.
– Richard Burton
If you drink it straight down, you can feel it going into each individual intestine.
– Richard Burton
If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.
– Richard Burton
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.
– Richard Burton
They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.
– Richard Burton
Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race.
– Richard Burton
Well, I don't want to kill myself.
– 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
You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice.
– Richard Burton
I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning.