The great trouble with magicians is the fact that they believe when they have bought a certain trick or piece of apparatus, and know the method of procedure, that they are full-fledged mystifiers.

No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.

My Brain is the key that sets me free.

Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything.

What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.

Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves.

Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.

Some say I do it this way, others say I do it that way, but I say I do it the other way.

Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.

The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.

An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect.

Youth is feeling seventy years old, misanthropic, and ready to die at fifteen

The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.

The secret is I have no shame.

Sunday is my favorite day.

The type of religion which rejoices in the pious sound of traditional phrases, regardless of their meanings, or shrinks from "controversial" matters, will never stand amid the shocks of life.

I'd like to incite people to break the framework, to be disobedient in school, to stick their tongues out, to keep insulting authority.

Day after day, ordinary people become heroes through extraordinary and selfless actions to help their neighbors.