James Randi

“The market for nonsense is infinite.”

“The New Age? It's just the old crap in a different wrapper.”

“No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.”

“Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.”

“There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.”

“Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're going to fool you, and then they do.”

“Science is the best tool ever devised for understanding how the world works.”

“We must be careful not to believe things simply because we want them to be true.”

“A magician is an actor playing the part of a magician.”

“The conjuror or magician is a honest liar. He says he is going to deceive you and he does.”

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”

“Applied skepticism is the default position of a responsible thinker.”

“I see the world as a place that is waiting to be understood.”

“We have a choice... between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.”

“I do not want to believe. I want to know.”

“I want to be remembered as a person who stood up for what he believed in. That I was a man of integrity.”

“What I have done is to show in a very simple way that we are likely to be deceived.”

“Exposure to evidence is not enough. People have to be willing to question their own beliefs.”

“There's a sucker born every minute, but I'm not the one who said it.”

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”