The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion.

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'.

If you want to be extremely important in people's lives, give them extremely good services they can't find anywhere else

He was beneath the waves, a creature crawling the ocean bottom.

Obama's space policy doesn't differ much from George W. Bush's.

Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I've ever raced against. And I often said, I wish I could've had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.

In the technology world, you have to execute fast or you're out of business.

But camels, though odious to view and endowed with the offensive spirit, did not enjoy the blessing of pachydermaty.

And I was stuck here at Warrior Freaks R Us.

Stop protesting the hand you've been dealt! Become partners with your life instead of making it an exhausting wrestling match.

The front line with ISIS isn't just in Iraq and Syria, it's in Kennedy Airport and the Rio Grande. Border security is national security.

The reason we are at the ballpark is to win that day's game, and we don't need to be concerned with anything else during the time we are in uniform. It makes things a lot simpler, a lot easier.