“I'll no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer. I want to do a good show. My entire character has changed.”

—  Uri Geller

Interview in Magische Welt, November 2007; cited by James Randi, "Geller Reversal", SWIFT, 18 January 2008 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/149-swift-january-18-2008.html

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