Michael Carbonaro Quotes

When you're learning how to do magic, the first rule is 'never reveal a secret.' In a way, by telling someone I'm a magician, it kind of gives away the best secret of all... How interesting to take the magician out of the equation of a magic show.

Michael Carbonaro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 28, 1976

Topics

LearningBestInterestingSomeone

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

John le Carre

WorldViewPlaceDangerousDesk

I'm an Australian. And I'm speaking generally here, but Australians in general aren't patriotic or nationalistic. Our country was built by immigrants. So, by my experience, I've seen the way immigration has transformed nations. They are the key people who quite literally build civilizations, be it culturally or musically.

John Hillcoat

ExperiencePeopleKeyImmigration

Policies aimed at reversing globalization will lead only to a decrease in real income as goods become more expensive.

Angus Deaton

GlobalizationWillBecomeMoreReal

I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

LifeArtThinkTryWorkingAbout

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.

John Ruskin

SufferingWishHelpYouHandSpirit

We obviously don't like the idea of a wall. It's not a friendly gesture. And my own personal opinion is that it might not even work for the purposes that it's meant to work for.

Luis Videgaray Caso

WorkOpinionWallPersonalMy Own

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

Livy

MenBlameCleverOthersShoulders

I'm a big admirer of Walter Willett's work. I think he's done some really important research. He and I agree on most things.

Dean Ornish

WorkResearchThinkDoneImportant

I don't think anything's underground anymore. And I think that's a good thing. Everything is up for grabs.

Colin Greenwood

GoodThinkEverythingUpAnything

I think I can poach a pretty mean egg the old-fashioned way.

Wylie Dufresne

ThinkEggI CanWayMeanPretty

I think my mom is the inspiration of me wanting to do film and TV and be an actor because she loved film so much. She loved, like, horror films and action films, so growing up, she loved watching all the Charles Bronson films and all the westerns.

Rick Gonzalez

MeMomGrowing UpActionThinkShe

They were too young to be proper parents. They never said, 'You've got to go to bed or you'll be tired for school'. They didn't mind - they let me stay up.

Noel Fielding

SchoolTiredParentsMindMeYou

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