In magic, today as always, the effect is what counts. The method or methods used are always purely secondary.

What the eyes see, the heart must believe.

Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they are in fact fortunate enough to have a polite audience.

A good magic effect should easily be described in one sentence.

Don't make unimportant things important

The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.

A large movement covers a small movement

If I could climax as many times as a Derek Dingle routine I would be a happy man!

How are you coming into the effect? How are you getting out?

Be natural and use your head.

Comedy born of bewilderment is the only comedy that should be in magic.

Saying you liked all music meant that you didn't love any.

Somewhere out there, a higherform of sadism, won the first round.Well, screw that. I'm not ready to bepwned.

To render help is to have the skills needed

Yes, of course, black Americans are a special group, and I'm disappointed that they're not Republicans, given our traditions. We're not getting much love in return, despite our efforts.

As a matter of fact, I rather feel like expressing myself now.

Philosophers tend to radically underestimate the distance between abstract principles (such as "reduce suffering") and what it might actually mean for people to act on them.

To know something, then, we must be scrubbed raw, the fasting heart exposed.

Lesson #456 of high school life: Never, EVER trust an alarm clock.

Did you know— then?” asked Harry. “Did I know that I had just met the most dangerous Dark wizard of all time? No.

It's much easier when your team's winning. When your team starts to lose, that's where a lot of these quarterback controversies divide a locker room. The key, as a pro, is to be a pro.