Victor Borge Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.”
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“Laughter is the closest distance between two people.”
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“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.”
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“I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.”
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“I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.”
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“Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.”
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“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?”
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“The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.”
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“I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.”
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“When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.”
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“Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats.”
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“(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?”
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“He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.”
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“Did you know that Mozart had no arms and no legs? I've seen statues of him on people's pianos.”
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“Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.”
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“In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say.”
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“(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?”
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“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.”
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“They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.”
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“Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.”
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“I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.”
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“(Shortly after Germany forced Denmark to sign a non-aggression pact in 1939) How nice. Now the Germans can sleep in peace, knowing that they will not be invaded by us.”
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“The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.”
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“There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.”
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“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.”
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