Arrogant Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

[Psychics] use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do - the same physical methods, the same psychological methods - and they effectively and…

— James Randi

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

— James Randi

Magicians are typically introverted; they don't tend to work with others, but I work with software programmers, composers, designers, so it's a very diverse…

— Marco Tempest

Uri Geller may have psychic powers by means of which he can bend spoons; if so, he appears to be doing it the hard…

— James Randi

There are a lot of things in the world that are a lot weirder than psychic abilities, that we accept as true.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Magic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn it very…

— David Copperfield

A lot of people hate my skepticism, and I think I understand why. The psychics offer wonders and endless possibilities in a world that…

— James Randi

“I suspect everybody has a degree of psychic ability, just as a everybody has a degree of athletic or artistic ability. Some people have…

— Michael Crichton

The great trouble with magicians is the fact that they believe when they have bought a certain trick or piece of apparatus, and know…

— Harry Houdini

Basically the job of a magician is to do impossible things that challenge the nature of the universe. And I think some magicians buy…

— Justin Willman

Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years.

— Teller

The magician depends for the success of his art upon the credulity of the people. Whatever mystifies, excites curiosity; whatever in turn baffles this…

— Alexander Herrmann