Sleight Quotes

22 quotes by 19 authors

I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend. Only the… — Lafcadio Hearn
If your sleight of hand causes you to break eye contact with your audience, it is too advanced for your skill level. — Jeff McBride
The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight-of-hand that was ever invented. — Josiah Stamp
When [the magician] clicks his fingers and cards change to the four aces, we know we have experienced sleight of hand. Real magic would not… — Derren Brown
Storytelling draws on the magic of language to created Elsewheres. Writers use a linguistic sleight-of-hand to take an attribute, attach them to new objects, and… — Maria Tatar
Winterson has her own unmistakeable voice, tuned to express her obsessional preoccupation with sexual passion raised to the power of revealed religion. (...) The whole… — Victoria Glendinning
Careful observation will confirm that virtually all spontaneous parapsychological events occur through some form of sleight of mind. It is invariably something hovering just below… — Peter J. Carroll
Our world is very dishonest, and our leaders encourage dishonesty by setting bad examples - by lying, being corrupt, and using political sleight of hand… — Stuart Wilde
Jargon is the verbal sleight of hand that makes the old hat seem newly fashionable; it gives an air of novelty and specious profundity to… — David Lehman
Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence… — 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 of… — Ricky Jay
In the winters, I enrolled in the hotel management program at Cornell University. I naively thought that I knew something about sleight-of-hand, entertainment and food,… — Ricky Jay
Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks -… — Jon Landau
I have loved works of fiction precisely for their illusions, for the author's sleight-of-hand in showing me the magic, what appeared in the right hand… — Amy Tan
Happiness, you see, its just an illusion of Fate, a heavenly sleight of hand designed to make you believe in fairy tales. But there's no… — Ellen Hopkins
Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand — William Congreve
A lot of people experience the world with the same incredulity as when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat.â€¦We know that the… — Jostein Gaarder
I can juggle, not well... I can balance a broom on my chin. I can do very simple carny tricks, a little sleight of hand… — Rich Sommer
One of the best sleight-of-hand guys I know is a plumber. — Ricky Jay
The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight-of-hand that was ever invented. Banking was… — Josiah Charles Stamp

Who Wrote These Sleight Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 22 Sleight Quotes as follows: