There's no job in show business that's harder than any other job outside show business.

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.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Give up isn't going to helpKeep going on will help

Don't call me 'gentleman'. I work for a livin'.

Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.

Beer does not make itself properly by itself. It takes an element of mystery and of things that no one can understand.

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.

The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is by encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instill ready-made opinions into his head.

C'm'on lefties! Admit that Trump has been very tough on China. He has been especially tough on Chinese kids who slave away in sweatboxes, making his clothing lines.

I just need time to catch my breath before you take it away again.

If you break your knee, you have therapy on your knee, and it's the same for your heart.