--- title: "1 Adage Quotes By Ricky Jay" description: "1 Adage quotes by Ricky Jay. Plus more from Ricky Jay and more Adage sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/ricky-jay-14367_adage_if-it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-it-alwa_3189434.png" --- > [If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/if-it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-it-always-is/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/ricky-jay-14367_adage_if-it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-it-alwa_3189434.png) ## Other authors on Adage - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-amit-kalantri-279.jpg) Amit Kalantri 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adage/amit-kalantri/) - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 76 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adage/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) - [Kamand Kojouri 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adage/kamand-kojouri/) ## More by Ricky Jay > [Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/writing-is-the-only-thing-in-my-life-that-doesn-t-get-easier-it-just/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [Magicians from the nineteenth century threw cards distances, but I think I'm the first one who made a thing about using them as weapons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/magicians-from-the-nineteenth-century-threw-cards-distances-but-i/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [That's one of the ways language evolved, by some very obscure form becoming common usage. And I must say that I'm very intrigued by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/that-s-one-of-the-ways-language-evolved-by-some-very-obscure-form/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-started-doing-radio-pieces-with-no-clear-preconceived-idea-except/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-m-probably-the-only-kid-in-history-whose-parents-made-him-stop/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-suppose-that-if-i-could-only-do-one-thing-a-solid-card-effect-would/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [To obfuscate the reconstruction of the effect - when a magician is fooled by another magician doing magic. In my career that's not been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/to-obfuscate-the-reconstruction-of-the-effect-when-a-magician-is/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-know-absolutely-nothing-about-the-20th-century/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [Unlike other Jewish families, we didn't go out for Chinese food on Sundays, but we spent our time in a world of baking powder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/unlike-other-jewish-families-we-didn-t-go-out-for-chinese-food-on/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [There are people who try to figure things out. Often, magic is presented in a way that sets up a challenge that I actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/there-are-people-who-try-to-figure-things-out-often-magic-is/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/magic-is-a-powerful-art-that-can-support-a-weak-performer/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/my-father-was-the-formica-king-of-long-island-and-my-mother-was-the/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [I'm much more interested in lesser-known eccentrics and characters and performers. Like Matthew Buchinger, who was born in Germany in 1674, had no arms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-m-much-more-interested-in-lesser-known-eccentrics-and-characters/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-think-a-lot-of-people-just-assumed-i-came-to-l-a-to-do-more/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) > [I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-always-read-what-i-write-out-loud-and-i-did-that-long-before-any/) [Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adage/ricky-jay/#itemlist", "name": "1 Adage Quotes By Ricky Jay", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ricky Jay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/if-it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-it-always-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/ricky-jay-14367_adage_if-it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-it-alwa_3189434.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/ricky-jay-14367_adage_if-it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-it-alwa_3189434.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/ricky-jay-14367_adage_if-it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-it-alwa_3189434.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.” — Ricky Jay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adage/ricky-jay/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adage/ricky-jay/", "name": "Adage Quotes by Ricky Jay", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adage/ricky-jay/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/ricky-jay-14367_adage_if-it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-it-alwa_3189434.png" }, "description": "1 Adage quotes by Ricky Jay. 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