Bill Hicks Quotes

It was Freddie who instilled in us the belief that we had to make people gasp every time.

Now that I have you thoroughly confused, let me pause to hear your own dismayed cry.

Dmitri was at a total loss. It was a common reaction for people when I agreed to do something reasonable.

I am all astonishment.

Now for me, you're the irreplaceable one: I've never see you up so close before, and I do not understand you at all. You say sometimes I act like I don't see you? I don't even know where to look! Living with you around is like is like living with a permanent dazzle. The fact that you even like me, or look at me, or brush by me, or hug me, or hold me, is so surprising that after it's over I have to go back through it a dozen times in my head to savor it and try and figure out what it was like because I was too busy being astounded while it was happening.

I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me." "Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep.

For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

I would just stand there puzzled, then realize this would be a great place to make a show.

Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but I'm more interested in telling a story.

I've always tried to come up with funny dancing since I was young, to attract girls' attention for one thing. It's got to be funny. I can't pull it off with serious dances. That's not me.

I don't know why it surprises people that I surprise them.

But when I go off stage I don't have a deck of cards with me all the time.

I think it's fun to play for people who don't know what you do.

I'm dumbfounded, but nothing surprises me in this game.

It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away.

Ever since I was a little kid, whenever my parents would have company over, I would put on shows, whether they would be magic shows, singing shows, dancing shows, little skits.

I would have thought he would be there out of just plain curiosity. It was incredible that he was missing.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

Though it might sound quaint, there was a time when people could be astonished.

Anyone can learn a trick, but to make it entertaining, to put a presentation twist on it, and then to take it out there and really amaze people is a whole different ball game. You have to have some kind of a natural ability to do that, I suppose.

One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It's just really fun for me.

I love working in front of American crowds.

It's really fun to be on stage in front of people.

I'm glad about 'The Curtain Call' now, but I remember being very confused watching it all go down because I was right there behind the curtain watching it all, and I couldn't believe these guys were breaking kayfabe.

I do all that I can to surprise people and make things unpredictable because that is what makes wrestling fun.