59 Quotes by Richard Burton

This diamond has so many carats it’s almost a turnip.

I’ve done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning.

I grew up among heroes who went down the pit, who played rugby, told stories, sang songs of war.

I didn't speak English until I was ten, when Philip Burton, the schoolmaster who became my guardian, took me under his wing.

If I had a chance for another life, I would certainly choose a better complexion.

I've made more millions than I can count. But you know, it's a faerie gold - the tax people take most of it, and the rest goes to people you need to stay alive, places to live, conveyances to get from here to there.

Anyone can play Henry VIII. I mean, even Robert Shaw... has played it.

Warren Beatty seems very self-conscious and actory.

What an extraordinary world it is.