If the devil were to offer me a resurgence of what is commonly called virility, Id decline. Just keep my liver and lungs in good working order, Id reply, so I can go on drinking and smoking! – Luis Bunuel
I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality – youre told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things. – Richard Dawkins
Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts into the culture that stay there. – Penn Jillette