Harry Houdini Quotes

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No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.

Harry Houdini

Hands, Iron, Rope

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What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.

Harry Houdini

Believe, Eye, Magic

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My Brain is the key that sets me free.

Harry Houdini

Freedom, Keys, Magic

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Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves.

Harry Houdini

Magic

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Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything.

Harry Houdini

Children, Magic, Trying

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An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect.

Harry Houdini

Done, Tricks, Wells

Harry Houdini (2012). “The Right Way to Do Wrong: A Unique Selection of Writings by History's Greatest Escape Artist”, p.16, Melville House

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Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.

Harry Houdini

Magic, Scientist, Accepted

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Look at this life - all mystery and magic.

Harry Houdini

Magic, Looks, Mystery

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Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.

Harry Houdini

Magic, Enthusiasm, Contagious

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My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick; they have no conception of the tortuous preliminary self-training that was necessary to conquer fear.

Harry Houdini

Self, Training, Tasks

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A magician is only an actor - an actor pretending to be a magician.

Harry Houdini

Actors, Pretending, Magician

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The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do.

Harry Houdini

Thinking, Secret, Mystery

Harry Houdini (2016). “The Unmasking of Robert-Houdini”, p.247, Library of Alexandria

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Anyone who believes in magic is a fool.

Harry Houdini

Believe, Magic, Fool

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The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.

Harry Houdini

Wisconsin, Made, Left

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Some say I do it this way, others say I do it that way, but I say I do it the other way.

Harry Houdini

Magic, Way

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I always have on my mind the thought that next year I must do something greater, something more wonderful.

Harry Houdini

Years, Mind, Next Year

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I am not an irretrievable skeptic. I am not hopelessly prejudiced. I am perfectly willing to believe, and my mind is wide open; but I have, as yet, to be convinced. I am perfectly willing, but the evidence must be sane and conclusive.

Harry Houdini

Believe, Mind, Evidence

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I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself against the floor, the walls; I strain and sob and exhaust myself, and begin again, and exhaust myself again; but do I feel pain? Never. How can I feel pain? There is no place for it.

Harry Houdini

Wall, Pain, Bruises

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I knew, as everyone knows, that the easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place some one is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will mean sudden death. That's what attracts us to the man who paints the flagstaff on the tall building, or to the 'human fly' who scales the walls of the same building.

Harry Houdini

Wall, Mean, Men

"The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini‎". Book by Ruth Brandon, p. 153, 1993.

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They do tricks even I can't figure out.

Harry Houdini

Law, Figures, Tricks

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Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.

Harry Houdini

Fire, Elements, Terrible

Harry Houdini (2015). “Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: Human Understanding”, p.1, 谷月社

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The Sun represents the right half of the body and the Moon the left half.

Harry Houdini

Moon, Half, Body

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I do not believe that ghosts or spirits exist.

Harry Houdini

Believe, Spirit, Ghost

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The pickpocket is usually very well dressed and of prepossessing appearance.

Harry Houdini

Appearance, Well Dressed, Wells

Harry Houdini (2007). “The Right Way to Do Wrong: An ExposT of Successful Criminals”, p.40, Cosimo, Inc.

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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

Men, Records, Wonderful

Harry Houdini (2007). “Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: A Complete ExposT”, p.6, Cosimo, Inc.

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Born: March 24, 1874
Died: October 31, 1926
Occupation: Stunt Performer
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