Harry Houdini Quotes

• 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

• An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect. - Harry Houdini
• The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do. - Harry Houdini
• Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can not understand it. - Harry Houdini
• What the eyes see and the ears hear.. the mind believes. - Harry Houdini
• No performer should attempt to bit off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth. - Harry Houdini
• My professional life has been constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to

most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business. - Harry Houdini

• Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything.. - Harry Houdini
• Anyone who believes in magic is a fool. - Harry Houdini
• What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes. - Harry Houdini
• I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic. - Harry Houdini
• The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin. - Harry Houdini

I want to be first. I vehemently want to be first. First in my profession... For that I give all the thought,

all the power that is in me. To stand at the head of my rank: It is all I ask. When I can no longer,

good-bye the joy of life for me!. - Harry Houdini

• My brain is the key that sets me free. - Harry Houdini