Harry Houdini

How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any records of this kind the Church would hardly allow them to become public. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#any #appear #become #came #church

No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#bite #good #iron #off #performer

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

— Harry Houdini

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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

#business #commonplaces #constant #disillusion #life

Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#confidence #ever #man #matter #minor

Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#another #balls #burned #burning #coals

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. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#am #assistants #ever #far #his

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. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#been #burns #charcoal #coals #eating

Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#gasoline #holding #lips #may #mouth

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

#countries #eager #for the people #i #i think