An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect. — 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
No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep… — Harry Houdini Chains Copy Share Image
I always have on my mind the thought that next year I must do something greater, something more wonderful. — Harry Houdini 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
But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance… — Harry Houdini Allegiance 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
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
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
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
