Wand

Ritual

"Place all the items in a bowl containing benzine, alcohol, kerosene, and acetone, and light them on fire at midnight while intoning the conjuration I gave you. Soon you will be a millionaire."

"I award the plaintiff one million dollars in damages."

Magic

"May the gods have mercy! The Death Legions of Krak-Tukat outnumber us ten to one! We shall face thousands of howling blood-thirsty beasts!"

"Stand back! I shall summon the Firestorm of Palizant upon them and our men will only need to finish off their charred remains!

"Palizant'es tilmara uka-uka rimbombatur! ZZRAK!

"Well, I suppose you're not so unsophisticated as to expect magic to have an observable effect on physical reality, right? Its value is in the metaphors it gives us to better understand ourselves!"

"RUN!"

Clarke's Law

"Are you sure that omnidetector of yours is advanced technology? It doesn't look like it."

"Of course! Do you know Clarke's Third Law? "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

"Yes. So?"

"Well, magic doesn't work, and neither does my omnidetector! It's totally advanced!"

"Awesome! I'll take ten!"