Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you're manipulating objects, not people. And that's always appealed to 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.

One is never too late to become young at heart.

Even if someone is already dead in front of you, knock twice on the heart who knows they might answer.

And when whatever happened in that barn happened, it was a moment I’ll never forget. Like a missing key slid into a dusty old lock. Click. My world opened.

CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.

I'm intensely private, and I've openly shown annoyance at the paparazzi. That's served in the past to create an image of me where I'm always frowning or looking angry.

And being alone is the best way to be When I'm by myself it's the best way to be When I'm all alone it's the best way to be When I'm by myself nobody else can say goodbye

The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.

We were all ready to die for the country but what we did not discover was we have to live for the country.

Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end.

Basically I have, like, five really close friends - girls and guys. I like being friends with both because you can do different things with both.