Quote by Simon Callow

The most ingenious men continually pretend to condemn tricking--but this is often done that they may use it more conveniently themselves, when some great…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A technique is a trick that works.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

He taught me how to fly on my own and learn the tricks.

— Izabella Scorupco

He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew…

— Jack London

Denied the outlet, through play, of his energies, he recoiled upon himself and developed his mental processes. He became cunning; he had idle time…

— Jack London

Magic, historically, has been a man doing tricks with no wider story behind it.

— Drummond Money-Coutts

He who lives to see two or three generations is like a man who sits some time in the conjurer's booth at a fair,…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.

— Benjamin Franklin

You know how the tightrope guy at the circus wants everyone to believe his act is an art, but deep down you can see…

— Jodi Picoult

Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too…

— Anonymous

Before he died, Harry said that his wife knew everything about every trick that he did, and that she knew how they all worked.…

— Kristen Connolly

Somehow he became certain the he himself possessed the skills of a hypnotist. How he reached this judgement, I have no idea, but never…

— Audrey Meadows