James Randi Quotes

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

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• Feeling better is not actually being better.

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• They would have been very let down if they had to leave the theater and he had missed. He would feel badly. Everyone would feel badly. But he never let them down.

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• There’s something about the Houdini act that is not always made clear – about the escape act in general.

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• The problem with experiments has always been that human beings make the decisions on whether or not the animals have benefitted from the treatment.

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• The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it’s the same story with different characters and different costumes.

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• The New Age? It’s just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds.

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• I would put my million dollars up as well.

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• I was not surprised by the results of the Horizon experiments, but I remain willing to observe and consider any and all other tests that are done under similarly precise conditions.

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• I questioned her further, and eventually got to talk to her doctor. And her doctor sort of shook his head and he said, ‘I have examined her for throat cancer at least 15 times in the past few years.

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• I don’t expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date.

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• 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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• However, I believe that it would be difficult to have legitimate scientists agree to participate.

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• A quick example of that is a woman who said she’d been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead.

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James Randi (14)

Birth:	7th August, 1928
Nationality:	American, Canadian
Profession:	Magician

About

James Randi was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a Canadian-American retired stage magician and a scientific skeptic who has extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. He began his career as a magician under the stage name The Amazing Randi and later chose to devote most of his time to investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims, which he collectively calls "woo-woo". He has written several books include: Flim-Flam!, The Truth About Uri Geller, The Faith Healers, The Magic World of the Amazing Randi, The Mask of Nostradamus, James Randi: Psychic Investigator, and Conjuring.

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• 1988 - Raymond Williams
• 2010 - Louis Auchincloss
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• 1949 - Peter Marshall
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