“I always liked magic. I was always embarrassed by liking magic because I liked the fact that they're just lying.” FactsLyingMagicEmbarrassed Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“It's an America with strange mythic depths. I see it as a distorting mirror; a book of danger and secrets, of romance and magic. It's about the soul of America, really. What people brought to America; what found them when they came; and the things that lie sleeping beneath it all.” PeopleBookSoulAmericaRomanceLyingFoundSleepSecretMagicDangerStrangeMirrorsDepth Author:Neil Gaiman
“The power and magic of music lie in its intangibility and its limitlessness. It suggests images, but leaves us free to choose them and to accommodate them to our pleasure.” LyingPleasureMagicAccommodate Author:Wanda Landowska
“Magic is that which it is; it is by itself, like the mathematics; for it is the exact and absolute science of Nature and its laws . Magic is the science of the Ancient Magi: and the Christian religion, which has imposed silence on the lying oracles, and put an end to the prestiges of the false Gods , itself reveres those Magi who came from the East, guided by a Star , to adore the Saviour of the world in His cradle.” WorldEndsChristianLawLyingStarsSilenceMagicAbsolutesMathematicsAncientEastAdoreCradleSaviourPrestigeOraclesFalse Gods Book:Morals and Dogma Source: Morals and Dogma
“Poetry's magic lies in the imagery which satifies even without interpretation..it is accepted as easily as it was created.” LyingMagicAcceptedInterpretationImagery Author:Robert Bridges
“As soon as a thought or word becomes a tool, one can dispense with actually 'thinking' it, that is, with going through the logical acts involved in verbal formulation of it. As has been pointed out, often and correctly, the advantage of mathematics - the model of all neo-positivistic thinking - lies in just this 'intellectual economy.' Complicated logical operations are carried out without actual performance of the intellectual acts upon which the mathematical and logical symbols are based. ... Reason ... becomes a fetish, a magic entity that is accepted rather than intellectually experienced.” ThinkingHas BeensReasonLyingEconomyMagicInvolvedIntellectualModelsAdvantageToolsPerformancesMathematicsComplicatedAcceptedSymbolsMathematicalOperationsLogicalEntityFetish Author:Max Horkheimer
“Magic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn it very quickly, you can fool somebody into thinking you're a great magician.” IfsThinkingLyingEasyMagicTalentFoolProfessionTricksMagician Author:David Copperfield
“The road to success is a zigzag, first pointing this way and then that. If we start with high intention, then magic and coincidence will guide us there despite our lack of knowledge about what lies ahead.” IfsWayFirstsSuccessLyingMagicIntentionGuidesDespiteCoincidencePointingRoad To SuccessLack Of Knowledge Book:Our Children Are Watching: Ten Skills for Leading the Next Generation to Success Source: Our Children Are Watching: Ten Skills for Leading the Next Generation to Success