Mentalist Quotes

“Computation has finally demystified mentalistic terms. Beliefs are inscriptions in memory, desires are goal inscriptions, thinking is computation, perceptions are inscriptions triggered by sensors, trying is executing operations triggered by a goal.”

“The truth, however, is that most Muslims appear to be "fundamental-ist" in the Western sense of the word—in that even "moderate"approaches to Islam generally consider the Koran to be the literal andinerrant word of the one true God. The difference between funda-mentalists and moderates—and certainly the difference between all"extremists" and moderates—is the degree to which they see politicaland military action to be intrinsic to the practice of their faith. In anycase, people who believe that Islam must inform every dimension ofhuman existence, including politics and law, are now generally callednot "fundamentalists" or "extremists" but, rather, "Islamists.”

“She had to get used to her new name, The Drummer. Twelfth, and last in line, but on a good note, she had the most money, and more importantly, she was alive.”

“If you are a magician then you can always do a lot more magic than you think you can.”

“As a magician you will miss the hundred percent of the applause if you don't perform.”

“A magician must always value his magic effects more than himself, because after few years audience may not remember his name but they will remember his magic effect.”

“Magicians made magic but critics made it tricks.”

“A magician reveals himself not only by the magic he presents but also by the respect and entertainment he gives to his audience.”

“The genius of a great magician is as impressive as the genius of a great scientist.”