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It's okay for me to be gay, but God didn't make me that way.
My mother was really loving and wonderful and tough as hell.
I will now make a scorpion appear in Osama bin Laden's pants
Most problems precisely defined are already partially solved.
But not all of them are decorated to the same level of taste.
Audiences are not easily fooled, but they are easily confused.
The impossible I do immediately, miracles take a little longer
I have not had time to reflect on my own truths in many years.
I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush before every show.
Mimes were invented to give magicians someone to look down on.
If you're brilliant and open-minded, you can start at the top.
A good magic effect should easily be described in one sentence.
Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.
I really did sneak into Broadway shows, starting when I was 12.
When I started doing magic as a kid, my parents had no problem.
Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.
Ive been making my living with this material for over 15 years.
There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it.
Rummy is played by more people in more ways than any other game.
I'm more apt to cry at something beautiful than at something sad.
Magic is an art form where you lie and tell people you are lying.
No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.
gods are children's blankets that get carried over into adulthood.
We should never allow presentation to become a casualty of method.
You can't please everyone and trying to do so is the kiss of death.
Basically, I was a kid growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn.
Mentalism is the art of exploring and revealing hidden connections.
Perform as many times as you can in front of people you don't know.
Onstage, I find absolutely nothing but exhilaration in not talking.
The fact that a trick fooled you is not enough reason to perform it.
It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets.
Pain is a beautiful thing. When you feel pain, you know you're alive.
For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before.
Demonic figures and occult themes have disappeared from modern magic.
Bees are a good omen to Kings, for they signify an obsequious people.
In America, magic has never been an important part of peoples' lives.
Besides prostitution, magic is one of the oldest art forms that exist.
I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.
I want to be cremated, and I want my ashes blown in Uri Geller's eyes.
Audiences are far from being as dumb as some performers seem to think.
Comedy born of bewilderment is the only comedy that should be in magic.
Magicians are the people who began to use film as an illusion on stage.
I can go into a lab and fool the rear ends off any group of scientists.
As I did more of that, I realized, "Well, maybe I should do more magic."
The place we want to explore unpleasantness in the real world is in art.
Whatever your condition, you can be happy if you have the right attitude.
Use video to train assistants you'll be surprised how quickly they learn.
I'm really happy that I had the foundations of knowing where I came from.
I was an only child. We were so poor, my parents and I had the same room.
Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty.