Controlled Quote by Teller Download Open image “Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years.” — Teller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Controlled Done Human Magicians Perception Testing Thousands Years
For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We're starting to realize that magicians have a lot of implicit know-ledge about how we perceive the world around us because they have to… — Richard Wiseman Copy Share Image
Magicians start by looking for blind spots, edges, vulnerabilities and limits of people's perception, so they can influence what people do without them even… — Tristan Harris Copy Share Image
Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it. — James Randi Copy Share Image
Magicians are the people who began to use film as an illusion on stage. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
No matter what system the magician chooses, in order to make it work most effectively he or she must first become attuned to that… — Lon Milo DuQuette Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
[Psychics] use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do - the same physical methods, the same psychological methods - and they effectively and… — James Randi Copy Share Image
Magicians are manipulating your consciousness. They are showing you something impossible. They're getting you to construct a narrative, which simply isn't true. So that… — Richard Wiseman Copy Share Image
Every time you perform a magic trick, you're engaging in experimental psychology. If the audience asks, 'How the hell did he do that?' then… — Teller Copy Share Image
There's always going to be comparisons, and that's unavoidable. There are people out there who feel I hit my peak with Magician and have… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
In real life, the most important decision you ever make is, where does reality leave off and make-believe begin? If you make a mistake… — Teller Copy Share Image
People come up to me on the street and make some little joke - like they'll say, 'Excuse me, sir, what time is it?'… — Teller Copy Share Image
Indian street magic tends to be very gory, blood and guts. One trick is for a magician to take a knife and appear to… — Teller Copy Share Image
Given my absolute druthers, I would certainly like to see that every part of my body is used for spare parts for science. — Teller Copy Share Image
The silent thing onstage allows for a kind of intimacy that no conversation can have. If I just shut up, we're forced to look… — Teller Copy Share Image
When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable. — Teller Copy Share Image
The things that inform student culture are created and controlled by the unseen culture, the sociological aspects of our climbing culture, our 'me' generation,… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
The reason we have to regulate . . . church schools is that . . . children that are not trained in state-controlled schools will not fit in. — Peter Hoagland Copy Share Image
Mr Bush, Mr. Blair and now Mr Brown's sense of human rights precludes our people's right to their God-given resources, which in their view… — Robert Mugabe Copy Share Image
News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
If any remedy is tested under controlled scientific conditions and proved to be effective, it will cease to be alternative and will simply become… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
In a way, human beings have never been part of the natural order; we're not biological in the normal sense. Normal biological animals stop… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
The economy in Gaza is declining because Gaza is controlled by a terror regime. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
The only big ideas I've ever had came from daydreaming, but modern life keeps people from daydreaming. Every moment of the day your mind… — Paul MacCready Copy Share Image
In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because… — John Hume Copy Share Image
I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice. — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image