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> [Escapology has one thing going for it that probably made Harry Houdini such a superstar in his day and a legend in the present. Everyone wants to escape from something. Taxes, contracts, illness, work, the multitude of burdens that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/escapology-has-one-thing-going-for-it-that-probably-made-harry/)

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## More by James Randi

> [Escapology has one thing going for it that probably made Harry Houdini such a superstar in his day and a legend in the present.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/escapology-has-one-thing-going-for-it-that-probably-made-harry/)

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> [Religion is based upon blind faith supported by no evidence. Science is based upon confidence that results from evidence - and that confidence can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/religion-is-based-upon-blind-faith-supported-by-no-evidence-science/)

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> [One thing that has made a big comeback just recently is this business of speaking with the dead. To my innocent mind, 'dead' implies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/one-thing-that-has-made-a-big-comeback-just-recently-is-this-business/)

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> [I want to be cremated, and I want my ashes blown in Uri Geller's eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/i-want-to-be-cremated-and-i-want-my-ashes-blown-in-uri-geller-s-eyes/)

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> [To make sure that my blasphemy is thoroughly expressed, I hereby state my opinion that the notion of a god is a basic superstition,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/to-make-sure-that-my-blasphemy-is-thoroughly-expressed-i-hereby-state/)

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> [No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/no-evidence-against-a-firmly-held-belief-no-matter-how-good-or/)

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> [I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/i-do-not-expect-that-homeopathy-will-ever-be-established-as-a/)

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> [We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/we-owe-it-to-our-kids-to-inform-them-and-train-them-how-to-think-not/)

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> [I questioned her further, and eventually got to talk to her doctor. And her doctor sort of shook his head and he said, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/i-questioned-her-further-and-eventually-got-to-talk-to-her-doctor-and/)

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> [Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/everyone-who-believes-in-telekinesis-raise-my-hand/)

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> [... We in the USA have been depending on prayers, pleading, and self-abasement to a deity to bring us magical advantages, and have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/we-in-the-usa-have-been-depending-on-prayers-pleading-and-self/)

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> [Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/magicians-are-the-most-honest-people-in-the-world-they-tell-you-they/)

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> [Science is best defined as a careful, disciplined, logical search for knowledge about any and all aspects of the universe, obtained by examination of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/science-is-best-defined-as-a-careful-disciplined-logical-search-for/)

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> [gods are children's blankets that get carried over into adulthood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/gods-are-children-s-blankets-that-get-carried-over-into-adulthood/)

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> [The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/the-only-difference-is-that-religion-is-much-better-organized-and-has/)

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