My mother was really loving and wonderful and tough as hell.

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'.

The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.

...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.

Military Veterans have become gang members since the late 1700s.

When we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility.

Failure isn't failure unless you just stop with that.

I play a whole lot of instruments pretty badly, instead of playing one instrument really well.

I'll vote for whoever is the Democrat. That's all I need to know.

We're going to think big, we're going to bet big.

A small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication.

Darwin was as much of an emancipator as was Lincoln.