Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef

Quote by Tom Robbins

Topics: Magic Quotes

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

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

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.

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...

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...

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong...

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong...

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...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

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

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

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.

When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily...

When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily...

I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred.

I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred.

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

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

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.

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

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...

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...

It is never too late to have a happy childhood

It is never too late to have a happy childhood

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery

To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery