"The secret of showmanship consists not of what……" — Harry Houdini
"The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do."
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Harry Houdini
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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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I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing…
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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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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
— Aristotle
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Reality simply consists of different points of view.
— Margaret Atwood
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— Saint Augustine
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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
— Henry Adams
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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.
— John Adams
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The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
— Konrad Adenauer
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The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other.…
— Mortimer Adler
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Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself,…
— Annie Besant
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Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.
— Theodor Adorno
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