Pickpockets either work alone or in pairs, or what is called a mob. — Harry Houdini Alone Copy Share Image
Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements. — Harry Houdini Elements Copy Share Image
Some say I do it this way, others say I do it that way, but I say I do it the other… — Harry Houdini Inspirational Copy Share Image
Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves. — Harry Houdini Funny Copy Share Image
It is needless to say that women make the most patient as well as the most dangerous pickpockets. — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol. — Harry Houdini Alcohol Copy Share Image
The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed. — Harry Houdini Fire Copy Share Image
Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known… — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do. — Harry Houdini Mystery Copy Share Image
Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline. — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day… — Harry Houdini Business Copy Share Image
Disloyalty in trusted servants is one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a public performer. — Harry Houdini Betrayal Copy Share Image
My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick; they have no conception… — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
It is not unusual for the eye or ear to play tricks with one, but when such illusions and delusions are taken… — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
A common pickpocket trick is for the operator to carry a shawl or overcoat carelessly over the left arm, and to take… — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself… — Harry Houdini Begin again Copy Share Image
To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton… — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
I am not an irretrievable skeptic. I am not hopelessly prejudiced. I am perfectly willing to believe, and my mind is wide… — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
The great trouble with magicians is the fact that they believe when they have bought a certain trick or piece of apparatus,… — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have… — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
The pickpocket is usually very well dressed and of prepossessing appearance. — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer. — Harry Houdini Exposure Copy Share Image
Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it. — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect. — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
The Sun represents the right half of the body and the Moon the left half. — Harry Houdini Body Copy Share Image
Rosabelle - answer - tell - pray, answer - look - tell - answer, answer - tell. — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm. — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic. — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
