Every poker player is smarter than me.

One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality.

Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.

You get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right.

Atheism is the absence of religion. We don’t really need atheism. We just need to get rid of religion.

If you are doing something for reward or punishment, you do not have morality.

In music, if you hit a wrong note, people forgive you. In magic when something goes wrong, the entire art is destroyed.

I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil.

Much better than the feeling of having things is the feeling of having earned things.

Better to be uneducated than educated by your government.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality.

Family is just accident, Jessie. It's nothing personal, hon. They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are.

A smile is the most beautiful colour in the world.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child.

Goodness, my nose is enormous,' she exclaimed. 'Why didn't anyone tell me?

I think that, like any art, fashion is about expression. It allows you to express yourself and your identity through what you choose to wear.

God, how that stings! I've spent a lifetime loving science fiction and now I find that you must expect nothing of something that's just science fiction.

When it comes to the environment, the invisible hand never picks up the check.

Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--th e rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars.

When you are angry, you make bad decisions in direct proportion to the level of your anger.