Better to be uneducated than educated by your government.

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.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality.

Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people

Every couple has ups and downs, every couple argues, and that’s the thing—you’re a couple, and couples can’t function without trust.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

Our civilisation cannot afford to let the censor-moron loose. The censor-moron does not really hate anything but the living and growing human consciousness.

It's time to restore the bonds of trust between citizens. Let us give thanks for all that we have and let us boldly face the exciting new frontiers that lie ahead.

I want a woman who can arouse my intellect as well as my loins.

Adolescents tend to be passionate people, and passion is no less real because it is directed toward a hot-rod, a commercialized popular singer, or the leader of a black-jacketed gang.

It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away.

My career has always revolved around what I do and don't want my sisters and brothers seeing me doing

The pursuit of strength is inherently difficult and entirely worthwhile.

Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.