“There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.”
From the obit in The Independent.
Off-stage quotations
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Victor Borge: Frases em inglês
“The shortest distance between two people is a smile.”
Variante: Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
“The smile is the shortest distance between two persons”
Smilet er den korteste afstand mellem to mennesker
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From his autobiography Smilet er den korteste afstand
Fonte: Victor Borge, "Smilet er den korteste afstand (The Smile is the Shortest Distance)"
“The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.”
From his skit "History of Pianos" in The Best of Victor Borge
Quotations from Borge's performances
From the obit in The Independent.
Quotations from Borge's performances
“I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.”
From the obit in the Boston Globe.
Quotations from Borge's performances
Fonte: Richard Dyer, "Laughter Was at the Heart of Victor Borge's Many Talents", Boston Globe, 29 December 2000
“I only know two pieces, one is 'Clair de Lune', the other one isn't.”
From the obit in The Independent.
Quotations from Borge's performances
Fonte: Tom Vallance, "Obituary: Victor Borge", The Independent (London), 26 December 2000
From the obit in The Independent.
Quotations from Borge's performances
“What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?
The Nazi lifts his arm.”
Comic routine in pre-invasion Denmark, quoted in Victor Borge, 91, Comic Piano Virtuoso, Dies" in The New York Times (24 December 2000) http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/24/nyregion/victor-borge-91-comic-piano-virtuoso-dies.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm <br class="br">Quotations from Borge's performances
“[of English] It's your language. I'm just trying to use it.”
From the obit in the Boston Globe.
Quotations from Borge's performances
