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.

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

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else.