Famous Burton Quotations

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"One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague."
by Robert Burton
"A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself."
by Robert Burton
"For him to get to the professional level of sports, he's going to need to go where he's going to be able to excel. . . . I think he made the absolute right choice with baseball."
by Burton
"Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own"
by Richard Burton
"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself."
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement."
by George Burton Adams
"A good conscience is a continual feast."
by Robert Burton
"A news sense is really a sense of what is important, what is vital, what has color and life--what people are interested in. That's journalism."
by Burton Rascoe
"All Faith is false, all Faith is true:
Truth is the shattered mirror strown
In myriad bits; while each believes
His little bit the whole to own."
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind."
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own."
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws."
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws."
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"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."
by Richard Burton
"For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind. Do they see it well clothed, neat, busineswise?"
by Bruce Burton
"Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life."
by Burton Hills
"Hence it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword.
(Hinc Gham Sit Calmus Saevior Ense Patet)"
by Robert Burton
"Hence it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword."
by Robert Burton
"I have to think hard to name an interesting man who does not drink."
by Richard Burton
"I was very strange back then. I could see I had problems. I would sit in a closet a lot of the time and not come out, or I would sit up on top of my desk, or under my desk, or do weird things like get my wisdom teeth out and bleed all over the hallways."
by Tim Burton
"Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top."
by Robert Burton
"No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread."
by Robert Burton
"Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses."
by Robert Burton
"Penny wise, pound foolish."
by Robert Burton
"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself"
by Sir Richard F. Burton
"There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see."
by Nat Burton
"When I got finished, Gershwin paid me the ultimate compliment. He said, 'Boy, even I couldn't do that.'"
by Burton Lane
"Where do I begin? I loved working with Kate Hepburn, which was one of the highlights of my life; Working with Richard Burton in Beckett was another great joy."
by Peter O'Toole
"'Experimentation on animals undermines the very foundations of practical medicine.'"
by Dr. J Burton
"If all you see of a chicken are its body parts wrapped in plastic it's difficult to remember that chickens are individuals. Anyone who gets to know a particular chicken learns that their range of emotions is vast and undeniable."
by Craig Burton
"May those who oppose capital punishment for humans extend that protection to animals as well . May those who oppose germ and other biological warfare work to end the unconscious biological warfare unwittingly waged on those who eat animal products. Those who are prolife would logically become vegetarian. Those who are prochoice would not want to impose their wills upon the body of a cow, sheep or pig."
by Craig Burton
"Control your life through insanity."
by Cliff Burton of Metallica
"Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long."
by Robert Burton
"The devil is the author of confusion."
by Robert Burton
"When we were growing up and saw a Ray Harryhausen movie, we were interested in how it was done. But thank God we got to go through the magic of seeing it before we knew how it was done. You were able to get this beautiful, pure, visceral response to something without knowing too much about it."
by Tim Burton
"England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes."
by Robert Burton
"They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud."
by Robert Burton
"They lard their lean books with the fat of others work."
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"A mere scholar, a mere ass."
by Robert Burton
"Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosophers stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'Tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul."
by Robert Burton
"Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race."
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"The thoroughbred wanderer"
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted myriads of people. They go commonly together."
by Robert Burton


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