Quote

There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.

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
Every
Andersen
Dane
Hans
Bits
Christian

More quotes by Victor Borge

Image
Occasionally, a finger comes up to wipe a tear [of laughter] from the eye... and that's my reward... the rest goes to the government.
Victor Borge
Image
Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.
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
The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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
There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
Victor Borge
Image
I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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
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
Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
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
In my dreams of Heaven, I always see the great Masters gathered in a huge hall in which they all reside. Only Mozart has his own suite.
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
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
Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.
Victor Borge
Image
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
Image
What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
Victor Borge
Image
I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
Victor Borge
Image
...the elephant smoked too much.
Victor Borge