“As of this moment,' Sadie growled, 'my brother's name is Punching Bag. Seems he hasn't been telling me everything.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Nobody who is a Penn & Teller fan thinks of us first and foremost as magicians, but as a comedy team. — Teller Copy Share Image
“The very best magicians are scavengers of the useful and banishers of the useless.” — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“Send me away to a prison where they keep magicians. So I can perform my magic for those who are in the… — Ray Buckley Copy Share Image
“First rate magician perform first rate magic effects, second rate magician performs third rate magic effects.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I was the youngest member of the New York International Brotherhood of Magicians. It was me and a bunch of 60-year-old Jewish… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
“A great magician is as divine as God and his stage is as majestic as the paradise.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Every once in a while, magicians strike gold. David Regal has created and produced the perfect close-up illusion. — Jim Steinmeyer Copy Share Image
Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants. — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
“The idea of magic being something that is separate from everyday life – known to the magicians but not the ordinary people… — Mhairi Simon Copy Share Image
“There are spaces between the events we see where things get past us. Magicians know this too, with their sleight of hand… — Kenneth Calhoun Copy Share Image
“General belief is “There is no real magic, only tricks” but a great magician compel people not to trust that belief and… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a… — Lance Burton Copy Share Image
Twelve magicians and two carnies have been shot dead doing the bullet catch. That's cool enough, but every night when we close… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
For me, I live for performing live because people look at magicians on television, and they always wonder, 'Is it a camera… — Keith Barry Copy Share Image
“You don't have to do anything. This is what you don't understand! You don't know any older magicians except our professors. It's… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Magicians and scientists are, on the face of it, poles apart. Certainly, a group of people who often dress strangely, live in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The Magicians brilliantly explores the hidden underbelly of fantasy and easy magic, taking what’s simple on the surface and turning it over… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“Oh, I believe you. It’s too ridiculous not to be true. It’s just that each time my world gets stranger, I think:… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“I have a little theory that I'd like to air here, if I may. What is it that you think makes you… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch be true, religious persecution is a duty. The dungeons of the Inquisition were temples, and the clank of every… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“He supposed it was inevitable. Dip a person into one particular specialty deeply enough and long enough, and he would automatically begin… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I was glamorous because of magicians like George Folsey, James Wong Howe, Oliver Marsh, Ray June, and all those other great cinematographers.… — Myrna Loy Copy Share Image
