Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. Tom Robbins
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C Clarke
Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises. Mason Cooley
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. William S Burroughs
Magic and all that is ascribed to it is a deep presentiment of the powers of science. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature. Jacob Bronowski
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells. Edward Bulwer-Lytton