We have to fight for the freedom to be stupid, and smoking is one of the best ways to fight for your freedom, to be just as stupid as you can be.

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.

a human body has a machine which he uses so learn how this machine works to get the best result.

From whomsoever one hears anything, it is wisdom to understand the true import of it.

I'm easy with employees. I make sure they get credit for their work. Naturally, sometimes a guy will screw up, and I'll have to apply some "retraining."

The only way to win is to fight on the side of your adversaries.

I'm a very political person, and I make political choices in my movies.

I'm developing a mild rash at the idea of "plugging" anything, because it's not how I roll.

Everything which is properly business we must keep carefully separate from life. Business requires earnestness and method; life must have a freed handling.

As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand what's happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge.

I think theres something strangely musical about noise.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.