Quotes by 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”

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

“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.”

“There is no Heaven, there is no Hell; These are the dreams of baby minds; Tools of the wily Fetisheer, To fright the fools his cunning blinds”

“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.”

“You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice.”

“Well, I dont want to kill myself.”

“I rather like my reputation, actually, that of a spoiled genius from the Welsh gutter, a drunk, a womanizer; its rather an attractive image.”

“This diamond has so many carats its almost a turnip”

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

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

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.