Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.

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.

Never give up. Things may be hard, but if you quit trying they'll never get better. Stop worrying and start trusting God. It will be worth it.

Every beginning is a new challenge. I welcome the challenges

Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.

What is the use of running when you are on the wrong road?

In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she of man.

Live simply, so that all may simply live.

He who never ventures beyond actuality will never win the prize of truth.

You can't turn a "no" to a "yes" without a "maybe" in between.

Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.

Let not your love become attachment, nor your hate become destruction.