“All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing.… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Mass was like grand opera, a magic show with the most expensive props in town. And faith, a sleight of hand trick,… — Kathleen Tessaro Copy Share Image
Happiness, you see, its just an illusion of Fate, a heavenly sleight of hand designed to make you believe in fairy tales.… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Kaylee, For over a hundred years, magicians have been pulling objects out of hats. Rabbits, flowers... It's become such a famous trick… — Cassie Mae Copy Share Image
Susan Straight finds LA's secret heart in Between Heaven and Here and with a sleight of hand only the masters have, she… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
Never reveal. The effect is entertaining, the sleight of hand is insulting. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight-of-hand that was ever… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image
All these wars are similar in the way ideology is being used. It's the ideology of so-called humanitarian intervention. We don't want… — Tariq Ali 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
Storytelling draws on the magic of language to created Elsewheres. Writers use a linguistic sleight-of-hand to take an attribute, attach them to… — Maria Tatar Copy Share Image
Falsehood is a critical element in fiction. Part of the thrill of being told a story is the chance of being hoodwinked.… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
If you do sleight of hand without trying to cheat someone, that's what magic is. — Harry Anderson Copy Share Image
The fact is that the camera is literal if anything, which gives it something in common with a thermometer... Often the tension… — John Loengard Copy Share Image
Each of the essays in this volume ranges widely across technical and philosophical domains. They examine both familiar automatons from throughout history… — Rodney Brooks Copy Share Image
If your sleight of hand causes you to break eye contact with your audience, it is too advanced for your skill level. — Jeff McBride Copy Share Image
Growing up, yeah, I had a magic kit with learn tricks and learn card tricks, but I was never... I used to… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
Especially in repetitive music, to make a long piece of music you have to be extremely skilled in your sleight of hand.… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
“Unlike when people lived in small communities and could not escape their past behavior, we live in an age of anonymous one-time… — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
“There's a trick they do with one pea and three cups which is very hard to follow, and something like it, for… — Anonymous 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
“La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas." ( "The devil's finest trick is to persuade… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“But I do not want to paint our circumstantial portraits so that we both emerge with enough well-rounded, spuriously detailed actuality that… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
Dave Franco, I could put him up there with the best card throwers in the world. Not the best sleight of hand,… — Keith Barry Copy Share Image
