Richard Burton Quotes & Sayings

15 most famous Richard Burton quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a Welsh actor who passed away on 5 August, 1984.

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“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.”

“The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional.”

“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.”

“Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.”

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

“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.”

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

“This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.”

“An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman.”

“I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning.”

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