Victor Borge Quotes - Page 2

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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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  Two, Piano, People

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• The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.

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  Sound, Oboes, Cold

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• If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.

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  Happiness, Laughter, Joy

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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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  Two, Musical, Three

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• Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.

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  Funny, Music, War

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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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  Piano, Shapes, Opera

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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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  Funny, Reading, Book

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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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  Music, Eggs, Factory Workers

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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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  Dream, Heaven, Masters

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• My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.

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  Mother, Dad, Father

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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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  Music, Humorous, Snakes

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• That's why I've never thought of retiring because I do it all the time whether on the stage or off. I found that in a precarious situation, a smile is the shortest distance between people. When one needs to reach out for sympathy or a link with people, what better way is there?

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  Distance, People, Needs

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• (Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?

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  Responding, Audience

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• 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.

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  Father, Hate, Boys

  "Obituary: Victor Borge". The Independent (London), December 26, 2000.

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• There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.

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  Three

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• The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)

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  Keys, Elephants, Piano

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

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  Mother, Play, Piano

  "Laughter Was at the Heart of Victor Borge's Many Talents". "The Boston Globe" Newspaper, December 29, 2000.

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• You may not be aware of this but Leonard Bernstein won another award, for explaining the music of Igor Stravinsky... to Igor Stravinsky!

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  Awards, May, Explaining

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

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  Christian, Bits

  "Obituary: Victor Borge". The Independent (London), December 26, 2000.

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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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  Funny, Music, Humorous

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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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  Jobs, Military, Essence

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• How nice. Now the Germans can sleep in peace, knowing that they will not be invaded by us.

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  Nice, Sleep, Knowing

  "Obituary: Victor Borge". The Independent (London), December 26, 2000.

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• When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.

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  Funny, Music, Sarcastic

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• You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?

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  Want Something, Want

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• ...the elephant smoked too much.

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  Music, Elephants, Too Much

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