I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush before every show.

I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

the sight of me is good for sore eyes

When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its about amazing the audience as well as moving them.

I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.

There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.

The most important thing is presentation.

Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

As a football team, you head into the season the same way with confidence and a positive mindset that you are going to win a bunch of football games.

What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.

When the two shall be one, the outside as the inside, and the male and the female neither male nor female.

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.

Everything I needed was in my car, even the chickens

I was the world's ugliest baby. I have photos of my folks leaving the hospital with sacks over their heads... I asked my mother how to turn off the electric fan. She said 'Grab the blade!

An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. [Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.