Capt. Leith:
[on mercy-shooting one badly wounded soldier, and trying to save another who dies] I killed the living, and I saved the dead.
--Richard Burton (as Capt. Leith) in Bitter Victory
--Richard Burton (as Capt. Leith) in Bitter Victory
Capt. Leith:
You have the Christian decency that forbids killing a dying man, but approves the work of the sharpshooter.
--Richard Burton (as Capt. Leith) in Bitter Victory
--Richard Burton (as Capt. Leith) in Bitter Victory
Capt. Leith:
You're afraid to go in and kill with your bare hands. That's what makes a soldier and destroys you as a man.
--Richard Burton (as Capt. Leith) in Bitter Victory
--Richard Burton (as Capt. Leith) in Bitter Victory
Doctor Faustus:
[speaking about Helen of Troy] Was this the face that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Illium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss!
--Richard Burton (as ) in Doctor Faustus
--Richard Burton (as ) in Doctor Faustus
George:
All I said was that our son, the apple of our three eyes, Martha being a cyclops, our son is a beanbag, and you get testy!
--Richard Burton (as George) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
--Richard Burton (as George) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George:
And that's how you play "Get the Guests".
--Richard Burton (as George) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
--Richard Burton (as George) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George:
I'm very impressed.
Martha: You're damn right.
George: I said I was impressed. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?
--Richard Burton (as George) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha: You're damn right.
George: I said I was impressed. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?
--Richard Burton (as George) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George:
Martha is 108... years old. She weighs somewhat more than that.
--Richard Burton (as George) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
--Richard Burton (as George) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George:
Martha, in my mind you're buried in cement right up to the neck. No, up to the nose, it's much quieter.
--Richard Burton (as George) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
--Richard Burton (as George) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
