The definition of a stupid thing is something that if you do everything right, you still get hurt. Fire-eating and love are stupid things.

I'm a hardcore libertarian - I want everything legal - but I also believe that you have the right to free association.

I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.

Freedom means the freedom to be stupid, and that's what I want.

I'm always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they're often not very stupid in hindsight.

One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality. That is the subject that, if you have a brain in your head, is always dealt with in magic. The smarter the tricks you're doing, the more that' s an important thing.