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title: "4 Sleight Hand Quotes By Ricky Jay"
description: "4 Sleight Hand quotes by Ricky Jay. Plus more from Ricky Jay and more Sleight Hand sayings from other authors."
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> [I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-suppose-that-if-i-could-only-do-one-thing-a-solid-card-effect-would/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/ricky-jay-14367_card_i-suppose-that-if-i-could-only-do-one-th_934700.png)

> [Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/dai-vernon-the-greatest-sleight-of-hand-figure-in-the-history-of-the/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

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> [One of the best sleight-of-hand guys I know is a plumber.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/one-of-the-best-sleight-of-hand-guys-i-know-is-a-plumber/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/ricky-jay-14367_best_one-of-the-best-sleight-of-hand-guys-i-k_2718356.png)

> [I like being fooled. When I watch someone who does sleight-of-hand and fools me, it's a great feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-like-being-fooled-when-i-watch-someone-who-does-sleight-of-hand-and/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

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## More by Ricky Jay

> [Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/writing-is-the-only-thing-in-my-life-that-doesn-t-get-easier-it-just/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [Magicians from the nineteenth century threw cards distances, but I think I'm the first one who made a thing about using them as weapons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/magicians-from-the-nineteenth-century-threw-cards-distances-but-i/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [That's one of the ways language evolved, by some very obscure form becoming common usage. And I must say that I'm very intrigued by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/that-s-one-of-the-ways-language-evolved-by-some-very-obscure-form/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-started-doing-radio-pieces-with-no-clear-preconceived-idea-except/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-m-probably-the-only-kid-in-history-whose-parents-made-him-stop/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-suppose-that-if-i-could-only-do-one-thing-a-solid-card-effect-would/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [To obfuscate the reconstruction of the effect - when a magician is fooled by another magician doing magic. In my career that's not been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/to-obfuscate-the-reconstruction-of-the-effect-when-a-magician-is/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-know-absolutely-nothing-about-the-20th-century/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [Unlike other Jewish families, we didn't go out for Chinese food on Sundays, but we spent our time in a world of baking powder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/unlike-other-jewish-families-we-didn-t-go-out-for-chinese-food-on/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [There are people who try to figure things out. Often, magic is presented in a way that sets up a challenge that I actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/there-are-people-who-try-to-figure-things-out-often-magic-is/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/magic-is-a-powerful-art-that-can-support-a-weak-performer/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/my-father-was-the-formica-king-of-long-island-and-my-mother-was-the/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [I'm much more interested in lesser-known eccentrics and characters and performers. Like Matthew Buchinger, who was born in Germany in 1674, had no arms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-m-much-more-interested-in-lesser-known-eccentrics-and-characters/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-think-a-lot-of-people-just-assumed-i-came-to-l-a-to-do-more/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

> [I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-jay/i-always-read-what-i-write-out-loud-and-i-did-that-long-before-any/)

[Ricky Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-jay/)

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