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When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
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Børge Rosenbaum
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And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by Debussy. I don't play Beethoven so well, but I play Debussy very badly, and Beethoven would have liked that.
Victor Borge
They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.
Victor Borge
(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
Victor Borge
Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
Victor Borge
My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.
Victor Borge
The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
Victor Borge
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor Borge
He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
Victor Borge
Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
Victor Borge
A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
Victor Borge
I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
Victor Borge
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
Victor Borge
Many people have asked me why there are three pedals in these grand pianos. Well the pedal in the middle is there to separate the two other pedals.
Victor Borge
What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
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Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats.
Victor Borge
In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say.
Victor Borge
Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
Victor Borge
The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose . to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
Victor Borge
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Victor Borge
Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
Victor Borge