Victor Borge
11 quotes
Biography
"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."
"I only know two pieces, one is 'Clair de Lune', the other one isn't."
"My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it."
"Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year."
"The shortest distance between two people is a smile."
"I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so."
"(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?"
"(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?"
"I'd like to thank my parents for making this night possible. And my children for making it necessary."
"Flint must be an extremely wealthy town I see that each of you bought two or three seats."
"Laughter is the closest distance between two people."