Harry Houdini Quotes

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• The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.
• My Brain is the key that sets me free.
• The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.
• Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.
• Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.
• I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager…
• It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.
• My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my…
• I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself against the floor,…
• But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the…
• To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick…
• Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns…
• Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.
• In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the…
• Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.
• Some say I do it this way, others say I do it that way, but I say I do it the other way.
• Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves.
• What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind belives.
• Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything...
• Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.

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