Quotes by Magic If you're choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, 'Heimlich maneuver,' and all will be well. Trouble is, it's difficult to say 'Heimlich maneuver' when you're choking to death. Eddie Izzard sarcasmmagicsarcastic What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen he's become a different person. Edith Head magicdoebelieve Art is magic, not logic. This craze for the logical spirit in irrational shape is part of the present harmful mania for uniformity. Edith Sitwell magicshapesart I sometimes wonder ... if the land is not destroying the people who inhabit it as the people who inhabit it are destroying the land. A magic continent, a Peculiar Treasure, stuffed with riches, millions in it are starving in the midst of plenty. Edna Ferber magiclandpeople To be alive is a fine thing. It is the finest thing in the world, though hazardous. It is a unique thing. It happens only once in a lifetime. To be alive, to know consciously that you are alive, and to relish that knowledge -- this is a kind of magic. Or it may be a kind of madness, exhilarating but harmless. Edna Ferber once-in-a-lifetimemagicunique Creativity is magic. Don't examine it too closely. Edward Albee magiccreativity Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process--it is, after all, black magic. Edward Albee magicblackcreative The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton tonguemagiclanguage The best kind of book," said Barnaby, "is a magic book." "Naturally," said John. Edward Eager magickindbook I would like to evoke the sense of wonder and magic in the reader but without invoking the mystical, the supernatural or the transcendent. Edward Abbey evokemagicwonder The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better. Edward Norton disbeliefsuspensionmagic M stands for Magic, Mystery, or Matrixaccording to taste Edward Witten magicmysterytaste One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it. Eli Wallach eveningmagiclearning You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. Elias Canetti magicstatisticsnames To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage. Eliphas Levi sagemagicpractice Magic is the divinity of man achieved in union with faith. Eliphas Levi unionsmagicmen What is being lost is the magic of the word. I am not an image person. Imagery belongs to another civilization: the caveman. Caveman couldn't express himself so he put images on walls. Elie Wiesel wallmagiccivilization The whole sphere of air that surrounds us, Alma, is alive with invisible attractions — electric, magnetic, fiery and thoughtful. There is a universal sympathy all around us… When we cease all argument and debate — both internal and external — our true questions can be heard and answered…That is the gathering of magic. Elizabeth Gilbert thoughtfulmagicair I beg you I no magician. I can't just wave a magic wand. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wandswavemagic Why is it that people don't know what to say when something bad has happened to someone they know? Maybe because they think there are some magic words that will make everything all right again, only they don't know what the words are. Ellen Wittlinger magicpeoplethinking«2021222324252627282930»
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