They would have been very let down if they had to leave the theater and he had missed. He would feel badly. Everyone would feel badly. But he never let them down.

We have fought long and hard to escape from medieval superstition. I, for one, do not wish to go back.

I can go into a lab and fool the rear ends off any group of scientists.

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.

To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage.

There's something about the Houdini act that is not always made clear - about the escape act in general.

However, I believe that it would be difficult to have legitimate scientists agree to participate.