Magic Quotes

Invention isn't some impenetrable brand of magic; anyone can have a go.

BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.

The skills that we have are the actual magic skills - not the performing skills. We have to separate those. But the actual skills that make the tricks work, we don't get to use again.

It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling.

No gasp at a miracle that is truly miraculous because the magic lies in the fact that you knew it was there for you all along.

That's the beginning of magic. Let your imagination run and follow it.

There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic.

I may be permitted, kind reader, to doubt whether you have ever been enclosed in a glass bottle, unless some vivid dream has teased you with such magical mishaps.

If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?

...something was starting to take shape, out of magic and will. Smoke and bone.

When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it.

The core practice of magic is: The execution of a willed intent to create change in the material world, which either defies, hastens or purifies the consequences of natural cause and effect.

I mean, language fascinates me anyway, and different words have different energies and you can change the whole drive of a sentence.

Magic is the art of thinking, not strength or language.

I love roller coasters. I don't get a chance often, but I've gone to Magic Mountain and gone on the rides. I love roller coasters.

No man, no power, can bind the action of wizardry or still the words of power. For they are the very words of Making, and one who could silence them could unmake the world.

Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it.

There's room for all sorts of magic and miracles in this world - that's what I think.

Love and magic are like oil and water--they just don't mix.

Be kind and generous to your fellows, but hard and relentless with yourself.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

I think that old magic draws much of its strength from that acknowledgment: that we are a part of that world.

Every libromancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening.

Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?

Yesterday's fairy tale is today's fact. The magician is only one step ahead of his audience.

Touch magic. Pass it on.

Magic is the illusion which is created when a series of natural movements apparently causes an unnatural, or magical, result.

Mimes were invented to give magicians someone to look down on.

Grunt, foam at the mouth, and otherwise get psychic.

I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.

I grew up in a world before people had credit cards. There were no magic cards - it was all about budgeting.

Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.

The jazz trombone is a magical experience particularly to hear and listen too.

Thomson sought the wilderness, never seeking to tame it, but only to draw from it, its magic of tangle and season.

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

Dying is for fools. I'm proud of what I created. I exposed people to magic. I exposed people to things they would never see in their normal lives.

Even I never dreamed of Magic like this!

Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.

To understand the magic way of thinking you have to know non-magic thinking. If you see that clearly, you will see how many magic thoughts are necessary elements even of natural science today.

Between your brain and your mouth (or your fingers) is magic: your power to choose what you say next. Use that magic.

Just get out your magic pencil and erase the cloudy skies, and just draw a picture of me saying, I apologize.

Selfishness makes Christmas a burden; Love makes it a delight. The joy of brightening a child's heart creates the magic of Christmas.

Some people swear there's no beauty left in the world, no magic. Then how do you explain the entire world coming together on one night to celebrate the hope of a new year?

I don't know that I believe in the supernatural, but I do believe in miracles, and our time together was filled with the events of magical unlikelihood.

There is no magic move or secret that creates victory but lots of little items that, when added together, can make you victorious.

And always, there was the magic of learning things.

I don't have a magic formula for prioritizing the world's problems.

You're never going to get the amount of CO2 emitted to go down unless you deal with the one magic metric, which is CO2 per kilowatt-hour.

There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.

Life is magical and I guess my thing is I wish that people wanted that magic.