Magic Quotes

Quotations about Magic

Imagination is the true magic carpet. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

It is human nature to want to believe in the wizardry of the magician--but also to turn against him and to scorn him the moment that he commits the slightest error that reveals his trickery. Those in the audience are embarrassed to have been so easily astonished, and they blame the performer for their gullibility. ~ Dean Koontz

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy. ~ Peggy Noonan

The magic of drama is infinitely more powerful than the magic of trickery. It is as available to the conjurer as it is to the actor. The only difference is that actors take it for granted, whereas few conjurers are even aware that it exists.~ Henning Nelms

Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back. ~ Peter S. Beagle

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ~ Arthur C. Clarke

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. ~ Bertrand Russell

Where there is woman, there is magic. ~ Ntozake Shange

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. ~ Eden Phillpotts

We do not need magic to change the world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better. ~ J. K. Rowling

Real magic is not about gaining power over others: it is about gaining power over yourself. ~ Rosemary Guiley

Magic is not done, it's not performed. Like any performance art, it withers away to nothing if it's not presented in the grand style. Moving your feet around is not dancing, reading the lyrics is not singing, and pulling a rabbit out of a hat is not magic. ~ John Cassidy & Michael Stroud

Effective magic is transcendent nature. ~ George Eliot

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. ~ William S. Burroughs

The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person. ~ Putnam VI

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Magic is not a practice. It is a living, breathing web of energy that, with our permission, can encase our every action. ~ Dorothy Morrison

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others. ~ Wayne Dyer

There is no magic. There is only knowledge, more or less hidden. ~ Gene Wolfe

It’s just like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone! ~ Merrill Markoe

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment. ~ Plato

And where does magic come from? I think that magic’s in the learning. ~ Dar Williams

Those who don't believe in magic will never find it. ~ Roald Dahl

Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals. ~ Jim Rohn

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take unrelenting and unabating practice. ~ Nora Roberts

True magic is the art and science of changing states of mind at will. ~ Douglas Monroe

A little magic can take you a long way. ~ Roald Dahl

Books are a uniquely portable magic. ~ Stephen King

I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith. ~ R. A. Salvatore

Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live. ~ Nora Roberts

I don’t want realism. I want magic! ~ Tennessee Williams

Indubitably, Magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics. ~ Aleister Crowley

Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen. ~ Foka Gomez

A child’s kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them? ~ Harvey Fierstein

Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone. ~ Alicia Witt

The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object. ~ George Henry Lewes

Believe...and the magic will follow. ~ Author Unknown

Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. ~ Ben Hecht

Children see magic because they look for it. ~ Christopher Moore

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

Big dreams create the magic that stir men’s souls to greatness. ~ Bill McCartney

There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen. ~ Sidney Sheldon

We must not let daylight in upon the magic. ~ Walter Bagehot

If we are to have magical bodies, we must have magical minds. ~ Wayne Dyer

Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don’t, who will? ~ Jon Bon Jovi

The power of thought, the magic of the mind. ~ Lord Byron

Art is a sense of magic. ~ Stan Brakhage

Magic and all that is ascribed to it is a deep presentiment of the powers of science. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder. ~ Charles Morgan

Mystery is the basic appeal of magic. Once the secrets are known, the magician becomes a mere manipulator, an actor in a suspense drama which has little impact because the audience knows the ending in advance. ~ Milbourne Christopher

One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. ~ Robert A. Heinlein

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people. ~ Thomas J. Peters

There is nothing special in the world. Nothing magic. Just physics. ~ Chuck Palahniuk

Every day use your magic to be of service to others. ~ Marcia Wieder

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Magic is the ancestor of technology, the ancestor of what we call applied science. Medicine springs from it. ~ Joseph Alexander Leighton

Parents can plant magic in a child’s mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling quality of voice, some uplift of the heart and spirit. ~ Robert MacNeil

Magic is the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with the Will. ~ Aleister Crowley

Success isn’t magic or hocus-pocus — it’s simply learning how to focus. ~ Jack Canfield

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. ~ Tom Robbins

True Magic is the greatest of all natural sciences, because it includes a knowledge of visible and invisible nature. It is not only a science but an art, because it cannot be learned out of books and must be acquired by practical experience. ~ L. W. De Laurence