Victor Borge Quotes

43 quotes in 481 categories

• Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
• I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
• 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…
• The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
• If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
• Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
• He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
• I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
• I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
• 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.
• 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…
• 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,…
• Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
• They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.
• Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
• Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.
• 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…
• Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats.
• I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.

Browse Victor Borge Quotes by Category