“That’s the first law of magic, Specs. Misdirection. Never forget it.” — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Misdirection. What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes. — John Travolta Copy Share Image
“What I say is misdirection, what you see is an illusion and what results is magic.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what is a map but a way of emphasizing some things and… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“Maybe we're all the children of a star, Misguided in direction, our misdirection” — Mudvayne Copy Share Image
“Performing magic in the live show thrills me. Just get me a deck of cards and some attentive audience, and I have… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“A magician may step out without a purse, but he should never step out without a pack of playing cards.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Misdirection. False signals. Spreading confusion. This is the Tao of deception.” — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
there is ten times more in the world than would maintain all in yet unknown luxury. Yet how much misery there is… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
Free speech gives us the ability to react vigorously with effective arguments and expose the weakness and misdirection of the other side's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
When we think of misdirection, we think of something as looking off to the side when, actually, the things right in front… — Apollo Robbins Copy Share Image
Magic consists of creating, by misdirection of the senses, the mental impression of supernatural agency at work. That, and only that, is… — John Nevil Maskelyne Copy Share Image
We know there are no weapons of mass destruction. But there are weapons of misdirection. Millions without health insurance, poverty abounds. For… — Joseph Lowery Copy Share Image
We always think of misdirection as, 'Look over here while I do this over here!' And that's not what it is. You… — Apollo Robbins Copy Share Image
We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
Conversing with children is a fine art… An art form that demands large amounts of both honesty and misdirection. Or maybe discretion… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
When you've managed to stumble directly into the heart of the unknown - either through the misdirection of others, or better yet,… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
“Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most… — Hypathia of Alexandria Copy Share Image
The media, I think, have to be accountable for some of the misdirection that is put forward in politics in some of… — Cory Bernardi Copy Share Image
The mass media causes sexual misdirection: It prompts us to need something deeper than what we want. This is why Woody Allen… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Of course, to avoid getting stuck in that convo with someone you dislike or feel uncomfortable around, don't be passive, be proactive.… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
“If I were a magician, I’d hand out broken compasses. It’s all about misdirection. ” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“A small bad intention is often far more easily believed than a big one, Magnificence” — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
Without the errors, wrong turns and blind alleys, without the doubling back and misdirection and fumbling and chance discoveries, there was not… — William Least Heat-Moon Copy Share Image
The writers are very good about misdirection and changeups, and that's what's great about it. We always think we know what's going… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
To combat the depression by a forced credit expansion is to attempt to cure the evil by the very means which brought… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Superstition is not, as has been defined, an excess of religious feeling, but a misdirection of it, an exhausting of it on… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
“Anyways, the secret is, always fix their attention *away* from where the slippery stuff's going on. That's the first law of magic,… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
To combat depression by a forced credit expansion is to attempt to cure the evil by the very means which brought it… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
