Richard Burton

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.

The theater is the most beautiful place on earth.

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise to scorn delights and live laborious days.

Critics are like eunuchs; they know how it's done but can't do it themselves.

Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.

Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose is to give it away.

I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

The stage is a world of make-believe, but the emotions are real.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Wisdom comes with winters.

Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz.

To be or not to be, that is the question.

I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Acting is the bravest thing a man can do.

In my beginning is my end.

I don't want to be a star; I want to be a legend.