Top 9 Victor Borge Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

(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.

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.

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

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