Top 52 Quotes & Sayings by Victor Borge
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Danish comedian Victor Borge.
Last updated on April 20, 2025.
I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
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.
He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance.
My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.
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.
I do not have a single white note on my piano; my elephant smoked too much.
Did you know that Mozart had no arms and no legs? I've seen statues of him on people's pianos.
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?
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.
What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
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?
When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.
I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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.
The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
...the elephant smoked too much.
You may not be aware of this but Leonard Bernstein won another award, for explaining the music of Igor Stravinsky... to Igor Stravinsky!
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.
There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.
The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.
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.
(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?
I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
Always remember to forget the things that made you sad, but never forget to remember the things that made you glad.
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.
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.
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.
How nice. Now the Germans can sleep in peace, knowing that they will not be invaded by us.
The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
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.
Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.
They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.
Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats.
I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say.
A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?
I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
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