Nikola Tesla: Society tolerates only one change at a time.
Gerald Root: Did you think you were unique, Mr Angier? I've been Caesar. I've played Faust. How hard could it possibly be to play the Great Danton?
Robert Angier: He's a dreadful magician. Cutter: No, he's a wonderful magician. He's a dreadful showman.
Judge: What a way to kill someone. Cutter: They're magicians, your honor. Men who live by dressing up plain and simple truths to shock, to amaze. Judge: Even without an audience? Cutter: There was an audience. You see, this water tank was of particul...
Robert Angier: The man stole my life. I steal his trick.
Robert Angier: Man's reach exceeds his imagination!
Alfred Borden: He came in to demand an answer and I told him the truth. That I have fought with myself over that night, one half of me swearing blind that I tied a simple slipknot, the other half convinced that I tied the Langford double. I can never...
Judge: How large do you think this tank was? Cutter: Eh... 400, 500 gallons, maybe. Judge: And how do you think he was able to move ta tank of this size? Cutter: He's the magician. Why don't you ask him?
Olivia Wenscombe: [referring to Angier] He wants me to come work for you and steal your secrets. Alfred Borden: What does he need my secrets for? His trick is top-notch. He vanishes, and then he reappears instantly on the other side of the stage - mu...
[Borden is explaining how he used a double in his act] Alfred Borden: What I didn't count on was that, when I incorporated this bloke into my act, he had complete power over me. Gerald Root: Complete power, you say?
Olivia Wenscombe: He says that it's even between you. Robert Angier: Even? My wife for a few of his fingers?
Robert Angier: What knot did you tie? Alfred Borden: I don't know. Robert Angier: You don't know? [Alfred walks off] Robert Angier: You don't *know*?
Robert Angier: Where are the wires? Alley: Exactly.
Robert Angier: My passion is equal to the task.
Alfred Borden: You're not afraid to get your hands dirty anymore, are you?
Cutter: You're a magician, not a wizard.
Sarah: I know what you really are, and Alfred, I can't live like this. Alfred Borden: Oh, you think I can live like this? You think I bloody enjoy living like this? We have a beautiful house, lovely little girl, we're married, what is *so* wrong with...
Alfred Borden: [realizes Fallon's buried after trading him back] Alive? Robert Angier: How fast can you dig?
