Quotes with magic

  • The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.
  • Is there nothing the prodigiously talented Ann Patchett can't do? She's channeled the world of opera, Boston politics, magic, unwed motherhood, and race relations, creating scenarios so indelible, you swear they are right outside your door.
  • I left General Magic in 1996 to become an Internet hobbyist - got a T-1 line to my house. At one point I had all four food banks of the Bay Area hosted from this house here.
  • Until it is kindled by a spirit as flamingly alive as the one which gave it birth a book is dead to us. Words divested of their magic are but dead hieroglyphs.
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  • W. Clement Stone Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • J. B. Priestley I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning...
    J. B. Priestley
    English novelist, playwright and scriptwriter (1894 - 1984)
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  • Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch Cats exercise... a magic influence upon highly developed men of intellect. This is why these long-tailed Graces of the animal kingdom, these adorable, scintillating electric batteries have been the favorite animal of a Mohammed, Cardinal Richlieu, Crebillon, Rousseau, Wieland.
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  • Thomas J. Peters The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
    Thomas J. Peters
    American Management Consultant, Author, Trainer (1942 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin 'Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame' tells it like it really was in America's early space program - the adventure, the risks, and the rewards.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Raymond Chandler Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Thomas Carlyle All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.
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    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Alan Parsons Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!
    Alan Parsons
    English audio engineer, songwriter, musician (1948 - )
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  • Chogyam Trungpa Any perception can connect us to reality properly and fully. What we see doesn't have to be pretty, particularly; we can appreciate anything that exists. There is some principle of magic in everything, some living quality. Something living, something real, is taking place in everything.
    Chogyam Trungpa
     
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  • Arthur C. Clarke Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
    Arthur C. Clarke
    British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist (1917 - 2008)
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  • Aaron Allston Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
    Aaron Allston
    American game designer and author (1960 - 2014)
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  • Harry Houdini Anyone who believes in magic is a fool.
    Harry Houdini
    Hungarian-born American illusionist (1874 - 1926)
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  • Brad Feld At Foundry Group, we always look for companies that we think build magic into their products. Occipital has been one of those companies.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Jose Ortega Y Gasset Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.
    Jose Ortega Y Gasset
    Spanish writer and philosopher (1883 - 1955)
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  • William S. Burroughs Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • Bob Balaban But obviously as television began, it so undercut movies that he was trying to think of a way to combine seeing these special things, and the fact that people were just captivated by the magic box.
    Bob Balaban
    American actor, author and producer (1945 - )
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  • Norman Vincent Peale Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Antoine Fuqua Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.
    Antoine Fuqua
    American film director and producer (1966 - )
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  • Marcia Wieder Every day use your magic to be of service to others.
    Marcia Wieder
    CEO and Founder of Dream University
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