Author: Richard Burton

Quotes

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

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

- Richard Burton

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

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.

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

- 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.

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 always speak Welsh to my family.

I always speak Welsh to my family.

- Richard Burton

I've got the weight of a rather tempestuous life to carry.

I've got the weight of a rather tempestuous life to carry.

- Richard Burton

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

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

- Richard Burton

Let's have days and days of brilliant clarity, etched and limpid, cool and surgical.

Let's have days and days of brilliant clarity, etched and limpid, cool and surgical.

- Richard Burton

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

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

- Richard Burton

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