In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

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

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

The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas.

The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas.

There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing...

There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing...

There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If...

There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime...

If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime...

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

Now tequila may be the favoured beverage of outlaws but that doesn't mean it gives...

Now tequila may be the favoured beverage of outlaws but that doesn't mean it gives...

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.

People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

The afternoon passed more slowly than a walnut-sized kidney stone.

The afternoon passed more slowly than a walnut-sized kidney stone.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

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

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

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue...

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue...

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

Logic only gives man what he needs...Magic gives him what he wants.

Logic only gives man what he needs...Magic gives him what he wants.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.