Magic Quotes

• And I realized how much more complicated life is without the benefit of magic. Rubbing linseed oil into my blistered hands, I thought wistfully of how magic lets you skip over the steps of things. That is what makes it so appealing. But, I thought, the steps of things are where life is truly found, in doing the day-to-day tasks.

  

  Edith Pattou
  • Life
  • Hands
  • Steps

• There are performers who have built their whole career doing magic on TV and can't really perform live at all - don't really have jobs and skills.

  

  Penn Jillette
  • Live
  • Career
  • Magic

• I always write 'Magic Potion' on my perfume bottles so when I use them, it feels magical - I make spells in the morning when I put them on.

  

  Alexa Chung
  • Morning
  • Magic

• The media has been nice to me so far, but if I get compared to Channing one more time I'm taking it as a compliment, but it is crazy how many times people have compared me to him. I don't know if 'Magic Mike' is in my future, but we'll see.

  

  Ryan Guzman
  • People
  • Nice
  • Crazy

• One of my first festivals was Oxygen 2006. It had this amazing lineup with the Arctic Monkeys on their first or second album, the Strokes, Kings of Leon, the Magic Numbers and then the Who and James Brown. I waited in the pit for a good eight hours to see James Brown.

  

  Andrew Hozier-Byrne
  • Good
  • Amazing
  • Magic

• 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.

  

  Penn Jillette
  • Reality
  • Magic

• Time takes her toll and the memory fades but his glory is broken, in the magic that he made. Reality is ruined; it's the freeing from the fear The drama is distorted, to what they want to hear Swimming in their sorrow, in the twisting of a tear As they wait for a new thrill parade.

  

  Phil Ochs
  • Time
  • Reality
  • Fear

• The 10 or 20 minutes I was somebody's mother were black magic; there is no adventure I would have traded them for.

  

  Ariel Levy
  • Mother
  • Black
  • Adventure

• Building up an organisation is like starting a social movement. At the center of everything is the core team. I have the honor of working with some phenomenal people at Purpose who are at the top of their fields. That energy and common purpose among the team is what inspires me and where the magic happens.

  

  Jeremy Heimans
  • People
  • Up
  • Energy

• Sometimes the magic works and sometimes it doesn't.

  

  Bob Weir Grateful Dead
  • Magic
  • Works

• I try to transform a dream's magic into reality.

  

  Alberta Ferretti
  • Dream
  • Reality
  • Magic

• The magic kit we developed with Idea Village is an extraordinary success in 40,000 stores across America. The TV commercial we shot for it has produced amazing results - unbelievable.

  

  Criss Angel
  • America
  • Success
  • Amazing

• In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can't replace the magic of four people in a room playing.

  

  Dave Grohl Nirvana
  • People
  • Magic
  • Computer

• As far as me participating in 'WrestleMania 32', the Magic 8-Ball says, 'Ask again later.'

  

  John Cena
  • Magic

• An artist is above all a human being, profoundly human to the core. If the artist can't feel everything that humanity feels, if the artist isn't capable of loving until he forgets himself and sacrifices himself if necessary, if he won't put down his magic brush and head the fight against the oppressor, then he isn't a great artist.

  

  Diego Rivera
  • Fighting
  • Artist
  • Humanity

• Come little children, I'll take thee away into a Land of Enchantment. Come little children, the time's come to play here in my Garden of Magic.

  

  Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Children
  • Garden
  • Halloween

• The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Believe
  • Magic
  • Providence

• Can I just make a special request in the magic lamp? Can we get, like, Netanyahu or, like, Putin in for 48 hours, you know, head of the United States?

  

  Kimberly Guilfoyle
  • Magic

• I can play multiple instruments. I love a cappella. I love barbershop. I love magic.

  

  Vincent Rodriguez III
  • Play
  • Instruments
  • Cappella

• When Pixies broke up in 1993, I gave up the drums for the longest time. I hadn't been doing a lot, but I ended up attending a magic convention that initially got me interested. I took classes, bought videos, and practiced relentlessly. I began performing at parties and soon realized that developing an on-stage routine is often tougher than being a musician. I focused my act on magic that incorporated as much science as it did entertainment, which was really satisfying for me.

  

  David Lovering Pixies
  • Party
  • Magic
  • Class

• For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Men
  • Soul
  • Science

• I have no definite talent or trade, and how I stay alive is largely a matter of magic.

  

  Charles Bukowski
  • Magic

• There is this tendency to think that if you could only find the magic way, then you could become a poet. "Tell me how to become a poet. Tell me what to do." . . . What makes you a poet is a gift for language, an ability to see into the heart of things, and an ability to deal with important unconscious material. When all these things come together, you're a poet. But there isn't one little gimmick that makes you a poet. There isn't any formula for it.

  

  Erica Jong
  • Thinking
  • Important
  • Heart

• Oh man. If I had magic powers... I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do something pretty trivial like making traffic disappear.

  

  Nicolas Kent Stahl
  • Use
  • Disappear
  • Traffic

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