And that is called paying the Dane-geld; but we've proved it again and again, that if once you have paid him the Dane-geld you never get rid of the Dane.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Danes pay very high taxes, but in return enjoy a quality of life that many Americans would find hard to believe.
I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.
Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.
Man, an animal that makes bargains.
Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him.
The Danes don't take themselves seriously at all and look for the joke in everything. Us Scots are on the same line of latitude and have the same amount of light, which may be why we have a similar sense of humour.
It always amazes me when people go rent horses and ride them. You mean you want me to pay you to ride a horse?
John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.
A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match.