Magician Quotes

Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion. (Tennessee Williams)
People have expectations of me but I'm not a magician. View quote
Ruud Gullit
It was reported that the New York Knicks have won all 12 of the home games attended by magician David Blaine. A spokesman for the Knicks said, 'if this is what it takes to win, it's not worth it. View quote
Tina Fey
In primitive society, where uniformity of occupation is the rule, and the distribution of the community into various classes of workers has hardly begun, every man is more or less his own magician; he practices charms and incantations for his own good and the injury of his enemies. View quote
James Frazer
The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable. View quote
Aleister Crowley
Like an audience entertained by a magician, we allow ourselves to be deceived by those with a stake in persuading us to ignore reality. View quote
Al Gore
Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness. View quote
Ouida
Love is the magician that pulls him out of his own hat. View quote
Ben Hecht
Liberty is so great a magician, endowed with so marvelous a power of productivity, that under the inspiration of this spirit alone, North America was able within less than a century to equal, and even surpass, the civilization of Europe. View quote
Mikhail Bakunin
For inspiration I look to those great players who consistently found original ways to shock their opponents. None did this better than the eighth world champion, Mikhail Tal. The "Magician of Riga" rose to become champion in 1960 at age twenty-three and became famous for his aggressive, volatile play. View quote
Garry Kasparov
The less a writer discusses his work and himself the better. The master chef slaughters no chickens in the dining room; the doctor writes prescriptions in Latin; the magician hides his hinges, mirrors, and trapdoors with the utmost care. (Jack Vance)
As a magician, I try to show things to people that seem impossible. And I think magic, whether I'm holding my breath or shuffling a deck of cards, is pretty simple. It's practice, it's training, and It's practice, it's training and experimenting, while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be. And that's what magic is to me. View quote
David Blaine
Against all the opposition in the world, I make this statement - that once I knew a magician. I was a witness of a performance that may some day be considered understandable, but that, in these primitive times, so transcends what is said to be the known that it is what I mean by magic. View quote
Charles Fort
Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is the attraction of one thing by another because of a certain affinity of nature. View quote
Marsilio Ficino
We don't have much time. Mel will be out of the restroom soon.” "You've got a magician named Mel? View quote
Rick Riordan
Back in Khufu's day I knew a magician who parted the Nile just so he could climb to the bottom and retrieve a girl's necklace. Then there was that Israelite fellow, Mickey." "Moses?" "Yeah, him. View quote
Rick Riordan
What's the point of being a magician if you can't wave your wand and make the people you care about feel better? View quote
Rick Riordan
As a magician, you must think about chaos and order. Those are the two forces that control the universe. View quote
Rick Riordan
Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. "I suppose a magician might,” he admitted, "but a gentleman never could. View quote
Susanna Clarke
.. The argument he was conducting with his neighbor as to whether the English magician had gone mad because he was a magician, or because he was English. View quote
Susanna Clarke
Well, I suppose one ought not to employ a magician and then complain that he does not behave like other people. (Susanna Clarke)
I'm a magician. I've learned to do some really cool tricks like levitating myself and melting forks. View quote
Blake Michael
In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies. View quote
Conrad Veidt
I came up with the term 'mindfreak' because I didn't like the word 'magician.' I felt like I wanted to coin a term that would be basically the reaction to my art. It would be a mindfreak and so that's why I came up with that. But, many people say I'm really a student of humanity and psychology. View quote
Criss Angel
Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed. View quote
David K. Shipler