I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
I just wanted to be in show business. I didn't care if I was going to be an actor or a magician… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is… — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
In the opening a master should play like a book, in the mid-game he should play like a magician, in the ending… — Rudolf Spielmann Copy Share Image
Well, Henry, you can cease frowning at me. If I am a magician, I am a very indifferent one. Other adepts summon… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But… — Edward Steichen Copy Share Image
He nodded nervously. ‘He looks like a magician. I hate magicians. They usually have rabbits.’ I stared at him. ‘You’re scared of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The moon was gone, but to the magician's eyes the unicorn was the moon, cold and white and very old, lighting his… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
For inspiration I look to those great players who consistently found original ways to shock their opponents. None did this better than… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The unicorn halted in her slow, desperate round of the cage, realizing for the first time that the magician understood her speech.… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Las Vegas has become a child's picture-book dream of a city -- here a storybook castle, there a sphinx-flanked black pyramid beaming… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Moses tried to separate his people from Pharaoh, and when he tried, the magicians tried to fool the people into staying with… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is… — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
What magicians we are, turning darkness into light, transforming invisible atoms into dazzling theater of the world, pulling objects, (people as well… — Jane Roberts Copy Share Image
Like other magicians, Obama has chosen his distractions well. The insurance industry is currently his favorite distraction as scapegoats, after he has… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“A magician creates magic and mesmerizes the audience. But it is a pantomime, and the audience knows that it’s a ruse. It’s… — Laura Lam Copy Share Image
I want to bring magic back to where it started, which is not about the props, and it's not about me as… — Keith Barry Copy Share Image
There are only two kinds of people in the world, suckers and people that can be had. Everyone can be had, but… — Eric Sevareid Copy Share Image
You'd go in the magic shop [as an 8-year-old ], and you'd walk up to the magicians doing stuff, and they'd turn… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
No matter what system the magician chooses, in order to make it work most effectively he or she must first become attuned… — Lon Milo DuQuette Copy Share Image
Being an engineer is to live in a mean, bare prison cell and regard yourself the sovereign of limitless space... for each… — John DeLorean Copy Share Image
There is no trick of a magician or spell of a witch doctor, no drug or mesmerism or bribery or torture or… — Mike Mason Copy Share Image
To make [parents] happy, I went to Fordham University for three weeks, while at the same time running ads in Variety, "magician-actor… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Back in Khufu's day I knew a magician who parted the Nile just so he could climb to the bottom and retrieve… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
If a magician makes a mistake, it's sometimes forgiven by the audience. If a gambling cheat makes a mistake, they will almost… — Steve Truglia Copy Share Image
The study of nature with a view to works is engaged in by the mechanic, the mathematician, the physician, the alchemist, and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me my first… — Fernando Alonso Copy Share Image
All magic is about transformation... the performance magician is telling you that you are the magician in your own life. You are… — Eugene Burger Copy Share Image
The Great Work of Magic is the collapsing of the future into the immediate present; the magician seizes reality and lives now,… — Phil Hine Copy Share Image
“I am possibly the world's greatest magician, because I don't just vanish off stage, I vanish from your memory. I'll bet you're… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“properly-trained magician. The best swordsman in the world doesn’t fear the second best, Sergeant Miles had said. He fears the worst, because… — Christopher G. Nuttall Copy Share Image
“I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
There's always going to be comparisons, and that's unavoidable. There are people out there who feel I hit my peak with Magician… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
“Then, things get hard, because once you know magic exists, you have to decide whether to be the bystander, or the magician… — Dianna Hardy Copy Share Image
Those magicians who object to the use of blood, have endeavored to replace it with incense. But, the bloody sacrifice, though more… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
“The true power of mentalism lies not in the tricks and illusions, but in the ability to unlock the secrets of the… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
“Elimae was a magician with a key in her mouth, a foreign language, a matryoshka doll: uncomplicated on the surface, but with… — Kirsty Logan Copy Share Image
“I know you all think I'm a magician, but I'm not. The magic comes out of the books themselves, and I have… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
Robert Vavra is one of these artists, part magician, part alchemist, who is able to create a series of photographs in unforgettable… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
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