Thou shalt not take anything on faith

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.

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.

Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.

When there's a right and wrong thing to do, choose right regardless of what your friends do.

It is well known to all experienced minds that our firmest convictions are often dependent on subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.

I very much own the fact that I'm a misfit. The Internet makes everyone realize they're screwed up.

No president ever had more power than [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt.

It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.