Cutter: Every great magic trick consists of three acts. The first act is called "The Pledge"; The magician shows you something ordinary, but of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn"; The magician makes his ordinary some thing do something extraordinary. Now if you're looking for the secret... you won't find it, that's why there's a third act called, "The Prestige"; this is the part with the twists and turns, where lives hang in the balance, and you see something shocking you've never seen before.

Borden: Are you watching closely?

Angier: It was the greatest magic trick I've ever seen.
Cutter: It's not a trick. It's real.

Borden to Olivia: Does he enjoy taking his bows under the stage?

Borden: Secrets are my life.

Officer: Any last words?
Borden: Abra Cadabra.

Cutter: Remember when I told you about the drowning sailor?
Angier: Yes, he said it was like going home.
Cutter: I lied. He said it was agony.