The end never justifies the means because there is no end; there are only means.

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.

Oh my love! You are the light of love in the darkness. I am longing for you, you are my flower and freshness.

If this is Heaven, I am in big trouble.

So if you have a grandma Thank the Good Lord up above And give Grandmama hugs and kisses For grandmothers are to love.

The work that we do is so tricky because it rests on our shoulders, but it's also collaborative and part of it is trusting the people that you're working with.

Our modern society - especially in the West, and especially now - reveres youth.

Did you know that the black suited organization that attacked the Koresh cult was a United Nations task force?

Cheerfulness is a very great help in fostering the virtue of charity. Cheerfulness itself is a virtue.

Addictions do come in handy sometimes: at least you have to get out of bed for them.

I disliked the unfamiliar happiness more than the familiar sadness

How did I get hooked? Well, it's something like you journalists having a drink after work