Feeling better is not actually being better. James Randi More Quotes by James Randi More Quotes From James Randi ... We in the USA have been depending on prayers, pleading, and self-abasement to a deity to bring us magical advantages, and have been encouraged to attribute our prosperity and general success among nations, to that sort of action. In my opinion, hard work and dedication to logic and reason ought to be recognized as the reasons for our achievements, not appeals to a mythical friend-in-the-sky. We got where we are in spite of, not because of, those incantations. James Randi dedicationhard-workprayer One thing that has made a big comeback just recently is this business of speaking with the dead. To my innocent mind, 'dead' implies incapable of communicating. James Randi motivationinspirationmind The New Age? Its just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds. James Randi microwavesfifteenage The market for nonsense is infinite. James Randi nonsenseinfiniteatheist No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer. James Randi beliefmattermay The conjuror or con man is a very good provider of information. He supplies lots of data, by inference or direct statement, but it's false data. Scientists aren't used to that scenario. An electron or a galaxy is not capricious, nor deceptive; but a human can be either or both. James Randi datamenreligion To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage. James Randi preferenceatheismlittles Uri Geller may have psychic powers by means of which he can bend spoons; if so, he appears to be doing it the hard way. James Randi spoonspsychicsmean gods are children's blankets that get carried over into adulthood. James Randi adulthoodblanketchildren We have fought long and hard to escape from medieval superstition. I, for one, do not wish to go back. James Randi superstitionswishlong Nostradamus himself confessed that the vague manner in which he wrote his "prophecies" was so that 'they could not possibly be understood until they were interpreted after the event and by it.' James Randi prophecyunderstoodevents [Psychics] use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do - the same physical methods, the same psychological methods - and they effectively and profoundly deceive millions of people around the earth, to their detriment. James Randi psychicsmotivationinspiration A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead. James Randi cancerexamplesaid Death is the ultimate disappointment James Randi ultimatedisappointment I questioned her further, and eventually got to talk to her doctor. And her doctor sort of shook his head and he said, I have examined her for throat cancer at least 15 times in the past few years. James Randi cancerdoctorspast I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular. James Randi homeopathytreatmentform Heroin also makes people feel better, but I wouldn't recommend using heroin. James Randi heroinfeel-betterpeople The problem with experiments has always been that human beings make the decisions on whether or not the animals have benefitted from the treatment. James Randi problemdecisionanimal Nature doesn't cheat - people do. James Randi cheatpeople I can go into a lab and fool the rear ends off any group of scientists. James Randi labsfoolgroups
