Victor Borge Quotes


"When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance."
- Victor Borge
(Related: Appearance, Opera)

"The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer."
- Victor Borge
(Related: Difference)

"Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year."
- Victor Borge
(Related: People, Idea, Right, Santa claus, Visit)

"My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it."
- Victor Borge
(Related: Mother, Father, Cure, Disease)

"Laughter is the closest distance between two people."
- Victor Borge
(Related: People, Laughter)

"If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward."
- Victor Borge
(Related: Laughter, Reward)

"I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't."
- 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
(Related: Humor, Truth, Aspirations, Limitations, Logic, Man)

"He was happily married - but his wife wasn't."
- Victor Borge
(Related: Wife)

"I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary."
- Victor Borge
(Related: Children, Parents)