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

Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Always remember to forget the things that made you sad, but never forget to remember the things that made you glad.

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.

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.

A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.

One afternoon, when I was four years old, my father came home, and he found me in the living room in front of a roaring fire, which made him very angry. Because we didn't have a fireplace.

He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.

Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.

I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.

The only way to educate oneself is by making books a life companion.

Justice without mercy is tyranny

Whatever ought to be, can be.

They are miserly, the princes of Austria, you need not grieve about it; they may not donate anything, but they allow themselves tobe fleeced, the good lords.

The men may be the head of the house, but the women are the neck and they can turn the head any way they want.

I don't think you retire from movies; movies retire you.

My favorite color is blue, and my secret favorite color is pink.

A broken promise is not a lie.

Don't be cocky, 'Pride cometh before the fall

Some of us were born to hate and some of us were born to be great.