Quote

Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.

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
Wrote
Moved
Three
Beethoven
Flats
Twice

More quotes by Victor Borge

Image
I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
Victor Borge
Image
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
Image
They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.
Victor Borge
Image
A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
Victor Borge
Image
(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them?
Victor Borge
Image
(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
Victor Borge
Image
What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
Victor Borge
Image
Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
Victor Borge
Image
Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
Victor Borge
Image
One afternoon, when I was four years old, my father came home, and he found me in the living room in front of a roaring fire, which made him very angry. Because we didn't have a fireplace.
Victor Borge
Image
When I was a little boy and played Liebestraum, my father used to hit me on the head with a newspaper every time I slopped the cadenza . . . I hate Liebestraum.
Victor Borge
Image
He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
Victor Borge
Image
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Victor Borge
Image
...the elephant smoked too much.
Victor Borge
Image
The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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
Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
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
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
The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
Victor Borge