Tommy Chong connects to the pipe a lot.

I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

the sight of me is good for sore eyes

When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its about amazing the audience as well as moving them.

I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.

There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.

The most important thing is presentation.

Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'.

The road to success is paved with the hot asphalt of failure.

Without peace, justice and freedom, the true value and dignity of mankind disappears.

A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of the external situation.

There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy.

It makes my skin crawl to think about the violent ways snakes, lizards, alligators and other exotic creatures are raised and killed for boots, bags and belts.

Never tell the box-office man that you can't hear well or he will sell you a seat where you can't see either.

The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair.

Men think women, they don't think men. They don't think toxic masculinity.

Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.

Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life.