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Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby.

— James Randi Misattributed

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This quote is often attributed to Randi. While he quoted it with approval in Swift, the coinage is of an "anonymous reader".

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Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

Sir, there is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

Uri Geller may have psychic powers by means of which he can bend spoons; if so, he appears to be doing it the hard way.

The conjuror or con man is a very good provider of information. He supplies lots of data, by inference or direct statement, but it's false data. Scientists aren't used to that scenario. An electron or a galaxy is not capricious, nor deceptive; but a human can be either or both.

I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular.

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The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

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Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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