All magicians lie and this one more than most,

Great liars are also great magicians.

— Adolf Hitler

Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they…

— Dai Vernon

In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in…

— Billy Joel

“A great magician is not more magical than other magicians; he is just more magical in his presentation.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Others praise ceremonial Magic, and are supposed to suffer much Ecstasy! Our asylums are crowded, the stage is over-run! Is it by symbolizing we…

— Austin Osman, Spare

“Send me away to a prison where they keep magicians. So I can perform my magic for those who are in the secret.”

— Ray Buckley

“A magician must always value his magic effects more than himself, because after few years audience may not remember his name but they will…

— Amit Kalantri

“Magicians protect their secrets not because the secrets are large and important, but because they are so small and trivial. The wonderful effects created…

— Christopher Priest

One of the finest magicians you can see is David Oliver.

— Barry Nolan

“Magicians are not made, they make themselves.”

— William G. Gray

“He supposed it was inevitable. Dip a person into one particular specialty deeply enough and long enough, and he would automatically begin to assume…

— Isaac Asimov

I was glamorous because of magicians like George Folsey, James Wong Howe, Oliver Marsh, Ray June, and all those other great cinematographers. I trusted…

— Myrna Loy

Every once in a while, magicians strike gold. David Regal has created and produced the perfect close-up illusion.

— Jim Steinmeyer

Dogs are the magicians of the universe.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Christ is wont to catch every man in the way of his own craft - magicians with a star, fishers with a fish.

— John Chrysostom