When I started doing magic as a kid, my parents had no problem.

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 feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ignored, or killed, but not indulged.

It's a man's jobno place for women's plans here!what lies outside. Stay home and cause no trouble.

It is more than possible; it is probable.

I wandered the earth a mercenary, daring the gods to kill me but surviving because part of me was already dead.

Arm chair warriors often fail.

If nowhere else, in the relation between Church and State, "good fences make good neighbors."

You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.

We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.

Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.

To be able to do one thing at a time is the whole art of life.