There exists in society a very special class of persons that I have always referred to as the Believers. These are folks who have chosen to accept a certain religion, philosophy, theory, idea or notion and cling to that belief regardless of any evidence that might, for anyone else, bring it into doubt. They are the ones who encourage and support the fanatics and the frauds of any given age. No amount of evidence, no matter how strong, will bring them any enlightenment. They are the sheep who beg to be fleeced and butchered, and who will battle fiercely to preserve their right to be victimized.

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

I am in a very peculiar business: I travel all over the world telling people what they should already know.

gods are children's blankets that get carried over into adulthood.

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

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

Death is the ultimate disappointment