There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.
James RandiI believe in the basic goodness of my species, because that appears to be a positive tactic and quality that leads to better chances of survival- and in spite of our foolishness, we seem to have survived.
James RandiThere's something about the Houdini act that is not always made clear - about the escape act in general.
James RandiI am in a very peculiar business: I travel all over the world telling people what they should already know.
James RandiEscapology has one thing going for it that probably made Harry Houdini such a superstar in his day and a legend in the present. Everyone wants to escape from something. Taxes, contracts, illness, work, the multitude of burdens that we chafe under are shadows from which we want to escape.
James Randi