Richard Burton

"The discipline required to be an athlete is the discipline required to be a good actor."

"I've had a most extraordinary life."

"I would like to be remembered as someone who tried."

"I am a very dangerous man when I'm cornered."

"There is a natural and fundamental decency in people."

"Love is a growing or full constant light, and marriage a narrowing to one day."

"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul."

"The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything."

"I'm a polyglot; I can speak many languages."

"Happiness is not an end in itself; it's a by-product of endeavor."

"I am not in politics. I am in the theater."

"I can do anything you want me to do as long as it is not sensible."

"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."

"I have the mentality of a 12-year-old boy."

"I believe in the power of the spoken word."

"I'm not a politician; I'm a poet."

"To be great is to be misunderstood."

"I will not be dictated to by fate."

"The world is my oyster, and I am the pearl."

"I have loved and lost, and that is the human condition."

"I am grateful for every opportunity that has been given to me."

"The only constant in life is change."

"I believe in living life to the fullest."

"Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it."

"I have never been good at following rules."

"The voice is the ultimate weapon of an actor."

"I am at peace with who I am."

"I have always believed in the power of education."

"I am not afraid of hard work."

"The beauty of life is in its transience."