As a person, I do ascribe to a lot of magical thinking…

Just think for how long humanity was controlled by mystical, magical thinking - the diseases and suffering that led to. We managed to survive,…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“In my book (and this is my book!) magical thinking is the alchemy that you can use to visualize and project yourself into the…

— Sophia Amoruso

“Perhaps it is a child's magical thinking. But you cannot know a place until you know the stories it tells about itself.”

— Sean Wallace

“The world is entirely magical, the only illusion is that it isn't...”

— Lydia Andal

Everyone has this notion of the Middle Ages - certainly the early Middle Ages - as being this very superstitious era. I think that…

— Nicola Griffith

We can no more tolerate neutrality and benevolence toward every conceivable form of discourse, including that of magical thinking, than we can lump together…

— Michel Onfray

In Hollywood, primitive magical thinking exists side by side with the most advanced technology.

— Hortense Powdermaker

People often say that you should never work with child actors. I think that's all wrong. Children have not had the imagination kicked out…

— Nicolas Cage

It's magical thinking to imagine that the reason unspeakable things are being perpetrated by younger and younger people is that they've fallen under the…

— John Irving

“According to a study from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, sleep deprivation reduces our emotional intelligence, self-regard, assertiveness, sense of independence, empathy…

— Arianna Huffington

Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it.

— Joan Didion

“There’s always a good reason to berate Oprah.  Her empire is built entirely on bullshit.  She endorses pseudo-science, she promotes psychics, she gives voice…

— Noah Lugeons

“In supernatural horror stories, however, magical thinking is a completely different matter. Those characters contending with what seems to be the work of magic…

— Thomas Ligotti

“To properly engage in magical thinking, I find you have to think of every possible ghastly scenario. That's the only way you outsmart fate.”

— A.J. Jacobs

Play, Incorporating Animistic and Magical Thinking Is Important Because It: Fosters the healthy, creative and emotional growth of a child; Forms the best foundation…

— Rachel Carson