Harry Houdini Quotes & Sayings
23 most famous Harry Houdini quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a Hungarian entertainer who passed away on 31 October, 1926.
“What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.”
“I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic.”
“It is needless to say that women make the most patient as well as the most dangerous pickpockets.”
“I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country.”
“But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.”
“The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.”
“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 lime. Distill this over a charcoal fire, and the liquid which results can be burned on the face without harm.”
“No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.”
“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 business.”
“Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.”
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