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I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
Victor Borge
Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
Victor Borge
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.
Victor Borge
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor Borge
There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.
Victor Borge
The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
Victor Borge
I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
Victor Borge
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.
Victor Borge
I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
Victor Borge
I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
Victor Borge
Ah Mozart He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
Victor Borge
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
(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.
Victor Borge
[of English] It's your language. I'm just trying to use it.
Victor Borge
My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.
Victor Borge
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
Victor Borge
When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance.
Victor Borge
In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say.
Victor Borge