Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976Quotes
Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.
—Derek Walcott, 1986Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.
—Pablo Picasso, 1929Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
—Robert Wilson, 1991God is alive. Magic is afoot.
—Leonard Cohen, 1966Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.
—Robertson Davies, 1985To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCCurses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.
—Robert Southey, 1809The fact is certain because it is impossible.
—Tertullian, c. 200Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.
—Sophocles, c. 441 BCThe mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.
—Dai Vernon, 1994Men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BC