66 Quotes by Harry Houdini

Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat.

My brain is the key that sets my mind free.

My business has given me an intimate knowledge of stage illusions, together with many years of experience among show people of all types.

I'm tired of fighting.

Anyone who believes in magic is a fool.

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.

The great trouble with magicians is the fact that they believe when they have bought a certain trick or piece of apparatus, and know the method of procedure, that they are full-fledged mystifiers.

Look at this life - all mystery and magic.

My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion...