Sir Richard Burton

Famous quotes containing the words richard burton, sir, richard and/or burton:

    “When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn’t know how to play them when I was drunk.”
    —Richard Burton (1925–1984)

    “‘Shall we fight or shall we fly?
    Good Sir Richard, tell us now,
    For to fight is but to die!”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “Dr. Birdsell, my dramatic coach in school, always said that I was the most melancholy Dane that he had ever directed.”
    —Donald Freed, U.S. screenwriter, and Arnold M. Stone. Robert Altman. Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall)

    “All my joys to this are folly,
    Naught so sweet as melancholy.”
    —Robert Burton (1577–1640)