Quotes about magicians
Amit Kalantri -
A great magician is not more magical than other magicians he is just more magical in his presentation.
Lawrence Blair - Ring of Fire: An Indonesia Odyssey
Totally isolated from our own culture for long periods, we became vulnerable to forgotten times and tribes re-awakening within us. Our journeys, we found, were to take us simultaneously to some of the least-charted regions of the planet and to the least-charted regions of our own minds. What began for us as the effort to capture a purely objective record of what we saw gradually dissolved into a quest, an odyssey of self-discovery which actually took place amongst the last of the lands of real l
Susan Scott - Dragons Will Fall
What pleasure is there in life without beauty?" Dulcie slid a silken blue fold down so her right hip bone showed, and nodded with approval. "Beauty won't fill your belly or keep you warm." Dulcie chuckled. "You might be surprised.
Susan Scott - Dragons Will Fall
Her people, the Half-Lights, were the by-blows of the full-blood Magicians and humans. As such, they were outcasts from both kingdoms. Their magic was too unpredictable for the magicians, and too magic - period - for the humans.
Susan Scott - Dragons Will Fall
Before she could touch him, he stepped back. "I've no need of a human." "Half-Light," she corrected, still meeting his gaze in the surface. "I've no need of a dragon magician.
Amit Kalantri -
Magicians made magic but critics made it tricks.
Rainbow Rowell - Carry On
He smiles, and he's made of trouble. We should have dropped him in the Thames in a bag of stones. We should have left him out for the fairies.
Lev Grossman - The Magician's Land
It didn't matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home.
Lita Burke - Prequel to Tredan's Bane
An Enforcer’s style is to destroy all magicians in sight and lap up their essence like a starved cur.
Jessica O'Toole - The Price of Sanctuary
Do only the greatest good, for the greatest number of people. They will do the rest.
Amit Kalantri -
General belief is “There is no real magic, only tricks” but a great magician compel people not to trust that belief and make them believe, after all "There does exist a real magic".
Amit Kalantri -
Magic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them.
Lev Grossman - The Magicians
I have a little theory that I'd like to air here, if I may. What is it that you think makes you magicians?" More silence. Fogg was well into rhetorical-question territory now anyway. He spoke more softly. "Is it because you are intelligent? Is it because you are brave and good? Is is because you're special? Maybe. Who knows. But I'll tell you something: I think you're magicians because you're unhappy. A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is a
Susanna Clarke - The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
I was told once by some country people that a magician should never tell his dreams because the telling will make them come true. But I say that is great nonsense.
Deb Caletti - The Secret Life of Prince Charming
If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?
Karl Germain -
Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and he does.
Sherman Alexie - The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
That's how I do this life sometimes by making the ordinary just like magic and just like a card trick and just like a mirror and just like the disappearing. Every Indian learns how to be a magician and learns how to misdirect attention and the dark hand is always quicker than the white eye and no matter how close you get to my heart you will never find out my secrets and I'll never tell you and I'll never show you the same trick twice. I'm traveling heavy with illusions.
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
But the other Ministers considered that to employ a magician was one thing, novelists were quite another and they would not stoop to it.
Patricia C. Wrede - A Matter of Magic
Thank God!" he said, and kissed her.Kissing Mairelon was much nicer than anything she had ever dared to imagine, despite the headache.
Matt Posner - The Ghost in the Crystal
Just having a certain kind of attitude can be magic.
Deepak Chopra - The Way of the Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want
Wizards? Do you mean they do things a different way?""No, just the way we do,"Merlin replied.With a flick of his finger he lit the soggy heap of kindling that Arthur had gathered (...) A blaze leapt up on the instant. Merlin then opened his hands and produced some food out of thin air.
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
It seemed that it was not only live magicians which Mr. Norrell despised. He had taken the measure of all the dead ones too and found them wanting.
Autumn Morning Star -
Perhaps in the stillness of a summer night they will feel compelled to walk barefoot down a moonlit country road and search for the magic that connects all beings in the Circle of Life.
Colin Quinn - The Coloring Book: A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America
A few years back, they jacked David Copperfield in West Palm Beach, for Chrissake. Yes, it's funny: "Yo, empty your pockets," and he pulls out a bunny rabbit. But it's also depressing. If someone who can make himself disappear isn't safe, who is?
Timothy Simpson - Boredom to Brilliance
Every magician knows there is no such thing as magic. They are masters of making things possible out of a situation that seems impossible. The key to getting what you want in life is to know that the only reason why something is, is because it was made possible. It can only be if it is possible for it to be. Make it possible and let it be.
Laura Lam - Shadowplay
There is no one way to be a magician any more than there is only one way to be human.
Laura Lam - Shadowplay
A good magician’s performance tells a story. Each act should build on the next, becoming ever more engaging to fill the audience with wonder. It’s a bud that unfurls into a flower, meant to woo the audience.
Amit Kalantri -
A great piece of music make people to close their eyes but a great magic effect make their eyes wide open.
Amit Kalantri -
A magician reveals himself not only by the magic he presents but also by the respect and entertainment he gives to his audience.
Amit Kalantri -
The genius of a great magician is as impressive as the genius of a great scientist.
Amit Kalantri -
As a magician you will miss the hundred percent of the applause if you don't perform.
Amit Kalantri -
If you are a magician then you can always do a lot more magic than you think you can.
Amit Kalantri -
A magician must always value his magic effects more than himself, because after few years audience may not remember his name but they will remember his magic effect.
Amit Kalantri -
Magic is a very beautiful mystery. Even the ages old magic effects still surprises the most modern men.
Amit Kalantri -
Magicians and Mentalist predict the future because they create it.
Amit Kalantri -
Magic is the most interesting art because people not necessarily want to learn to paint after they see a great painting, but they want to learn magic after they see a great magic effect.
Amit Kalantri -
First rate magician perform first rate magic effects, second rate magician performs third rate magic effects.
Amit Kalantri -
Your eyes, ears and mind are imperfect in front of magic.
Amit Kalantri -
Magician is the best storyteller in the world.
Amit Kalantri -
Think like magician, present like magician and perform like magician.
Amit Kalantri -
Divinity is accident of nature, magic is the work of an art.
Amit Kalantri -
What I say is misdirection, what you see is an illusion and what results is magic.
Amit Kalantri -
The secret of good magic is another magic.
Amit Kalantri -
As a general rule, in the world of magic, the most successful magician is the one who has enough patience to keep the secrets of his original magic effects.
Amit Kalantri -
Magic is logic.
Amit Kalantri -
A great magician is as divine as God and his stage is as majestic as the paradise.
Amit Kalantri -
Give royal treatment to your original magic effects, because one of the effects might make you the king of magic.
Amit Kalantri -
A bad magician never gets the good props.
Amit Kalantri -
If you are really bored with life, just meet a decent magician and have a close up magic show, he will restore inspiration in your life.
Amit Kalantri -
A magician with decreasing practice sessions will give defective performances.
Amit Kalantri -
No matter how many times audience has already applauded, the sound of their applause will get louder with the better quality of your magic effect.
Amit Kalantri -
Sometimes for the spectators a great magic effect is worth a life’s experience.