Magic Quotes

"I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There's something magical about them"

"I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people ties. I'm a promoter of America. I'm American people. You know what I mean? So therefore, uh, do not send for who the bell tolls 'cause the bell tolls for thee"

Don King, Celebrity

"Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical"

Hedy Lamarr, Actress

"I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice"

Debi Thomas, Athlete

"The world that she lives in is just magical, one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen"

Camilla Belle, Actress

"Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods"

Alice Hoffman, Author

"Somewhere in talking and rehearsing, there is a magical moment where actors catch a current, they're on the right road. If they really catch it, then whatever they do from then on is correct and it all comes out of them from that point on"

David Lynch, Director

"Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens"

Sammy Davis, Jr., Entertainer

"People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet"

Temple Grandin, Educator

"There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech"

Allan Bloom, Philosopher

"There's no secrets or magic tricks to being successful in life. It's plain and simple. Work harder than everyone else and the only way to do that is to do it. It may sound silly but it's the truth and there aint nothing to it but to do it!"

Ronnie Coleman, Athlete

"You learn pretty fast that there is no magic solution to poverty"

Chris Hughes, Entrepreneur

"I really believe in magic, and I think that people have magical abilities within themselves, and they just have to tap into them"

Kesha, Musician

"Oh man. If I had magic powers... I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do something pretty trivial like making traffic disappear"

Nick Stahl, Actor

"The magic of creation has always fascinated me"

Ralph Allen, Politician

"That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine"

Johnny Mercer, Musician

"Rekindle the joy yachtsman that lies deep inside of you; share magic crystals and watch it grow!"

Isabel Yosito, Artist

"Superstitions and belief in magic are perennial in just the same way as religion, and something near to being universal among mankind; and why this is so may be interesting, but in most cases the beliefs themselves are devoid of interesting content, at least to me"

Bryan Magee, Author

"When executing advertising, it's best to think of yourself as an uninvited guest in the living room of a prospect who has the magical power to make you disappear instantly"

John O'Toole, Politician

"How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?"

Henry Martyn, Clergyman

"There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam"

Eliza Cook, Poet

"If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?"

Stevie Nicks, Musician

"One can only guess the amount of magic mushrooms a sane person would have to consume to believe that a frisbee constituted a genuine threat to roughly 3,000 police officers"

Mark Thomas, Comedian

"I don't particularly have any magical ambitions, but then, I never did. I just enjoyed the game"

Paul Daniels, Entertainer

"During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions"

Lynn Abbey, Author

"Junk bonds prove there's nothing magical in a Aaa bond rating"

Merton Miller, Economist

"There is something else at work here that is beyond me - and that is Laura. She has a life of her own. There is a magic in her. The muse is in her. And I'm lucky to have her in my life"

Genie Francis, Actress

"Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone"

Alicia Witt, Actress

"People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain extent, I understand that, because comedy is treated so much as a stepping stone by a lot of people"

Todd Barry, Comedian

"I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it"

W. H. Murray, Athlete

"Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance"

Louis Leakey, Scientist

"They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic"

Dennis Eckersley, Athlete

"So it's really hard for a horn player to comp. But I'm totally into trying to switch those paradigms around and find a little magic space where that works, and try to mine that"

Charlie Hunter, Musician

"The world is its own magic"

Shunryu Suzuki, Leader

"Anyway, it fell through because they ran out of money. That was when I learned not to waste your time getting your hopes up or to believe something until it actually happens. We broke up for various reasons, but it was a good band. Jim and Don produced some magical music"

Jamie Muir

"I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but to be able to say to themselves that the fabric of the magic detailed was perfectly believable"

Terry Brooks, Writer

"Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light"

Jeff Bridges, Actor

"But the whole idea of the transformation... mystery, transformation, and manipulations - those were the things that Marcel was a magician at. That's his magic"

Robert Barnes, Celebrity

"If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day"

Sandy Koufax, Athlete

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