Victor Borge Quotes

There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.

[of English] It's your language. I'm just trying to use it.

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.

The smile is the shortest distance between two persons (Smilet er den korteste afstand mellem to mennesker)

I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.

The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.

(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.

What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog? The Nazi lifts his arm.

I only know two pieces, one is 'Clair de Lune', the other one isn't.