Quote

They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.

Victor Borge

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
Actor
Comedian
Composer
Conductor
Pianist
Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
Humorous
Needed
Started
Fire
Nero
Funny
Backdrop
Music
Suitable
Concert
Concerts

More quotes by Victor Borge

Image
I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
Victor Borge
Image
Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
Victor Borge
Image
I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
Victor Borge
Image
Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
Victor Borge
Image
That's why I've never thought of retiring because I do it all the time whether on the stage or off. I found that in a precarious situation, a smile is the shortest distance between people. When one needs to reach out for sympathy or a link with people, what better way is there?
Victor Borge
Image
The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
Victor Borge
Image
Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
Victor Borge
Image
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
Image
The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra, and then wonders why nobody loves him.
Victor Borge
Image
I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they get out of you on an elevator?
Victor Borge
Image
It (the double-clarinet in India) was primarily used for snake charming, since the snake would do almost anything to get the Indians to stop playing it.
Victor Borge
Image
I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
Victor Borge
Image
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor Borge
Image
I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
Victor Borge
Image
Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
Victor Borge
Image
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
Image
When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
Victor Borge
Image
I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
Victor Borge
Image
There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
Victor Borge
Image
A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
Victor Borge