Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lev Grossman

Magic is wild, dangerous stuff. You never realize how useful limitations are until it's much too late.

Margot Fonteyn

Genius is another word for magic.

Maria Edgeworth

Nor elves, nor fays, nor magic charm, Have pow'r, or will, to work us harm; For those who dare the truth to tell, Fays, elves, and fairies, wish them well.

Nathan Myhrvold

The magic words 'on the Internet,' if inserted into nearly any sentence, seem to protect it from normal critical scrutiny.

Kenneth R. Miller

We know from astronomy that the universe had a beginning, from physics that the future is both open and unpredictable, from geology and paleontology that the whole of life has been a process of change and transformation. From biology we know that our tissues are not impenetrable reservoirs of vital magic, but a stunning matrix of complex wonders, ultimately explicable in terms of biochemistry and molecular biology. With such knowledge we can see, perhaps for the first time, why a Creator would have allowed our species to be fashioned by the process of evolution.

Pablo Picasso

Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as mediator between this strange hostile world and us.

Lorna Luft

I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.

Lorrie Moore

Once love had seemed like magic. Now it seemed like tricks.

Michael Jackson

I love to create. I love to make magic. I love to create the unexpected.

Michael Cudlitz

Dont listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, theyd sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance.

Martin Gardner

The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does.

Nikki Sixx

The Stones are not the kind of band that want to get in the details. That's why they have a producer and engineer - to pull the magic out of them and make them sound so great.

Nicholas Sparks

There's a lot of magic between you too, ain't no denying that. And magic makes forgettin' hard.

Ovid

There is something in omens.

Martha Graham

The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.

Martha Beck

There's tons of magic in the world, and it's all science.

Marianne Williamson

Midlife is not the time to disenchant ourselves. It's a time to turn on all our magic in full force.

Freddie Mercury

You either have the magic or you don't. There's no way you can work up to it.

Christine Quinn

Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.

Harry Houdini

Look at this life - all mystery and magic.

Harry Houdini

Some say I do it this way, others say I do it that way, but I say I do it the other way.

Harry Houdini

Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.

Harry Houdini

Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.

Harry Houdini

Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves.

Francesca Lia Block

I was staring to learn how to forget the things that made me sad. It was like a charm you followed step-by-step, collecting and blending the ingredients, placing everything in its proper place, reciting the incantation. It was the magic of forgetting.

Francesca Lia Block

Magic can be found in stolen moments.

Therese of Lisieux

Never stop wanting for your magic

Terry Tempest Williams

Whatever artistry may occur within the manuscript, the magic happens for me in the last draft. Whatever I have been resistant to say must finally be said. In the end, I see where my pencil has been leading me.

Terry Pratchett

Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?

Terry Pratchett

Magic never dies. It merely fades away.

Terry Pratchett

Magic is just a way of saying 'I don't know.'

Terry Pratchett

The sun set, which is everyday magic...

Terry Pratchett

That's what I don't like about magic. It does everything by magic.