James Randi Quotes (23 Quotes)

Of the hundreds of those we've tested over the past few years probably 85 percent were dowsers,

Curley - and others - are going to discover that this old chap has a lot of fight in him, and that I've never yet backed down from a fight.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I don't doubt the sincerity of dowsers, but even after we've demonstrated that they can't produce results that are any better than chance they'll still go away believing in their abilities, ... It is like the mother whose son is caught shoplifting on tape

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

I would put my million dollars up as well.

There's something about the Houdini act that is not always made clear - about the escape act in general.

The second class of people that I examined in those 104 people, were people who still had the diseases of which they said they'd been healed.

Heroin also makes people feel better, but I wouldn't recommend using heroin.

I have been through similar situations where believers will insist on believing despite the evidence no matter how strong that is.

They wanted it to happen. And in every major challenge that came along, they attended that theater not to see him fail, or even possibly fail.

Feeling better is not actually being better.

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.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

This costs R275 per person, and besides the nonsense, you get tea, coffee and notes'. You're asked to bring a packed lunch'. Alka-Seltzer apparently not supplied . . .

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.

Far from being a curse, it might be lucky to disturb a pharaoh's tomb. These people beat the life span expectation for those days by about a year.