'Tis only a saint can perform miracles, and I couldn't lace a saint's shoes.

I have no miracles." "Oh, well, now, my dear boy," said Kubla Khan, "I hate to tell you, but there's no use going further.

Sure you'd be up against the sorcerers of the world.

They'd ask you for a sign, and you'd have no sign, and they'd have signs in abundance.

I wouldn't think of letting you go against them.