“You can't take a dying project, sprinkle it with the magic pixie dust of "open source," and have everything magically work out.”

“The magic that you hear in tales and things was all based around the Celtic mythology of England, which is Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. I just drain from that source. I just drain everything. So the magic is there.”

“There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.”

“That's what I don't like about magic. It does everything by magic.”

“To understand the magic way of thinking you have to know non-magic thinking. If you see that clearly, you will see how many magic thoughts are necessary elements even of natural science today. There seems to be just as much magic thinking in modern thought as in older; only it takes place in other areas.”

“You have the magical combo of luck and sheer pigheadedness it takes to succeed in business.”

“I have lived with magic and without magic, and I can tell you with certainty that a life with magic is better….”

“The centuries are sprinkled with rare magic
with divine creatures
who help us get past the common and extraordinary ills that beset us”

“The poor idiot is a living testimonial to the fact that everything takes longer and costs more. Even magic can’t get you around that.”

“A little magic can take you a long way.”