"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." — Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, born 1909
"Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year." — Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, born 1909
"Occasionally, a finger comes up to wipe a tear of laughter from the eye... and that's my reward... the rest goes to the government." — Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, born 1909
"To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god." — Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine poet, born 1899
"In general, every country has the language it deserves." — Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine poet, born 1899
"Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time." — Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine poet, born 1899
"When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation." — Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine poet, born 1899
"Hence, let us place there, carved high, as close to heaven as we can, the words of our leaders, their faces, to show posterity what manner of men they were. Then breathe a prayer that these records will endure until the wind and rain alone shall wear them away." — Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, born 1867
"You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion, or challenge the ideology of a violet." — Hal Borland, American author, born 1900
"When wheat is ripening properly, when the wind is blowing across the field, you can hear the beards of the wheat rubbing together. They sound like the pine needles in a forest. It is a sweet, whispering music that once you hear, you never forget." — Norman Borlaug, American agronomist, born 1914
"And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you — all of you on the good Earth." — Frank Borman, American astronaut, born 1928
"I am a composer in search of oblivion; and I'm always slightly ashamed to admit that I compose." — Alexander Borodin, Russian composer, born 1833
"God is never closer than when the space between two hearts narrows." — Joan Borysenko, Pioneer in integrative medicine, born 1945