"I make the most money, I think, in……" — Harry Houdini
"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 to see something new and out of the ordinary."
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37 Quotes by Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini has 37 quotes on this site.
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The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.
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My Brain is the key that sets me free.
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The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.
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Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.
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Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.
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It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.
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My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are…
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I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and…
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But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that…
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To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum,…
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Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite…
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Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.
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You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience,…
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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret…
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To inquisitive minds like yours and mine the reflection that the quantity of human knowledge bears no proportion to the…
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I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse…
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Philosophers, if they have much imagination, are apt to let it loose as well as other people, and in such…
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The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be…
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