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Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I...

Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I'd follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I've been very lucky.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about opinion, bad luck, good luck, city, thinking

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that...

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

Quote by Richard Burton about teaching, man

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like...

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

Quote by Richard Burton about man, wealth

An actor is something less than a man, while an actress...

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

Quote by Richard Burton about opinion, actors, woman, man

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the...

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.

Quote by Richard Burton about friendship, life

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.

Quote by Richard Burton about recollection, events, memory, dream, man, life

I might run from her for a thousand years and she is...

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.

Quote by Richard Burton about childhood, children, love

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

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

Quote by Richard Burton about order

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

Quote by Richard Burton about contentment

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to...

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.

Quote by Richard Burton

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.

Quote by Richard Burton about teaching, books, work

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

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

Quote by Richard Burton about wealth

Travelers are like poets, they are mostly an angry race.

Travelers are like poets, they are mostly an angry race.

Quote by Richard Burton about poets

You may be as vicious about me as you please, you will...

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

Quote by Richard Burton about rightness, justice, contentment

To Err is Human; To Really Foul Things Up Requires a Computer

Quote by William E. Vaughan about human imperfections, things

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a family all wrapped up in each other.

Quote by William E. Vaughan about christmas, gifts, family

Frankly, the feeling of the adult contingent in the second house from the corner is that, instead of taking down the Christmas decorations, it will be easier to move

Quote by William E. Vaughan about christmas, home, house

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

Quote by William E. Vaughan about real estate

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