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. Harry Houdini Read Quote
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. Harry Houdini Read Quote
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 public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years. Harry Houdini Read Quote
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. Harry Houdini Read Quote
It is not unusual for the eye or ear to play tricks with one, but when such illusions and delusions are taken for the Spirit forms of the departed and voices of the dead instead of being recognized as some subjective phenomena brought about by a physical cause, the situation takes on a grave aspect. Harry Houdini Read Quote
Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements. Harry Houdini Read Quote
Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline. Harry Houdini Read Quote
