The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

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'.

I know my sister like I know my own mind, you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind.

The sea, no matter how endless, depends on rivers.

My upstairs brain and my downstairs brain engaged in a game of risk and it was downstairs’ turn to roll the dice.

Patriarchy is a fundamental imbalance underlying society And it's one we rarely address because it's so universal. But as I get older, I see that peace is a product of balance.

There's a pigeon's nest on the branch of the tree outside the window. A chick is growing up in it. I'm happy about that

Donit kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her," said Jeffrey.

The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years.

It takes visions and courage to create. It takes faith and courage to prove.

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly.

I don't care whether the person is guilty or not guilty. It's not my business to establish guilt or innocence. It's a court of law that does that and a jury does that, but not me.