When I write my books, actually, I'm known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The time must come inevitably when mankind shall surmount the imbecility of religion, as it has surmounted the imbecility of religion's ally,… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“We stood in the wings together, side by side. Reed's mouth was still agape. "It makes sense when you think about it,"… — Lindsey Leavitt Copy Share Image
“If it was that easy, the American military would have figured it out years ago.” — Christopher Rankin Copy Share Image
“Life can be a piece of art, a magic enchantment, a fetching fairy tale or an adventurous story trimmed with alluring episodes.… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I always found it a great challenge playing against Michael Jordan, to play against Magic Johnson, to play against Larry Bird, to… — Shawn Kemp Copy Share Image
I go forth to seek To seek and claim the lovely magic garden Where grasses softly sigh and Muses speak. — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the… — James Broughton Copy Share Image
I know 'Vikings' isn't really based in magic, but it goes back to Old World spirituality and different religions, and a lot… — Madchen Amick Copy Share Image
Do you know what makes the prison disappear? Every deep, genuine affection. Being friends, being brothers, loving, that is what opens the… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
The great pagan world of which Egypt and Greece were the last living termsonce had a vast and perhaps perfect science of… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
In Chaos Magic , beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects. To fully realize… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
Remember, there are two things that keep us oppressed: them and us. We are half of the equation. There will not be… — Tammy Baldwin Copy Share Image
Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is… — Magic Johnson Copy Share Image
One of my first videos on VHS, unknowingly at the time, was a stop-motion of a cup moving across a countertop on… — Ryan Higa Copy Share Image
The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
I don't want to convince you that mathematics is useful. It is, but utility is not the only criterion for value to… — Ian Stewart Copy Share Image
Koschei, Koschei,” she whispered. “What would I have been if I had never seen the birds? I am no one; I am… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
“The creatures of human myth flourish in Ourea. Trees are this world's skyscrapers. Magic its currency. And while the rest of Earth… — S.M. Boyce Copy Share Image
If the test of truth lay in a show of hands or a counting of heads, the system of magic might appeal,… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
It turns out most of the conclusions that I've come to in life have equally valid contradictions. I think it's true you… — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
“It is safer to face a strong enemy in the field of battle, than to fight a war by the side of… — Luis Marques Copy Share Image
When theatre works, it's like nothing else, and when it doesn't, which is often, it's excruciating. It's perhaps not so excruciating when… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
