Occupation: Magician Birth: August 7, 1928
I want to be cremated, and I want my ashes blown in Uri Geller's eyes..
To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage..
Feeling better is not actually being better..
I am in a very peculiar business: I travel all over the world telling people what they should already know..
[Psychics] use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do - the same physical methods, the same psychological methods - and they effectively and ….
The problem with experiments has always been that human beings make the decisions on whether or not the animals have benefitted from the treatment..
Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it..
No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer..
There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out..
No amount of belief makes something a fact..
However, I believe that it would be difficult to have legitimate scientists agree to participate..
One thing that has made a big comeback just recently is this business of speaking with the dead. To my innocent mind, 'dead' implies incapable of com….
I can go into a lab and fool the rear ends off any group of scientists..
Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason..
... We in the USA have been depending on prayers, pleading, and self-abasement to a deity to bring us magical advantages, and have been encouraged to….
We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think..
I believe in the basic goodness of my species, because that appears to be a positive tactic and quality that leads to better chances of survival- and….
Religion is based upon blind faith supported by no evidence. Science is based upon confidence that results from evidence - and that confidence can be….
A lot of people hate my skepticism, and I think I understand why. The psychics offer wonders and endless possibilities in a world that often seems di….
Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only cha….
Escapology has one thing going for it that probably made Harry Houdini such a superstar in his day and a legend in the present. Everyone wants to esc….