Harry Houdini > Quotes

“Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.”
― Harry Houdini

“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

“I'm tired of fighting, Dash. I guess this thing is going to get me.”
― Harry Houdini

“What the eyes see and the ears hear the mind believes”
― Harry Houdini, A Magician Among the Spirits

“If men did not try and get something for nothing they might often be able to retain that which they have.”
― Harry Houdini, The Right Way to Do Wrong: An Expose of Successful Criminals

“Sir Arthur, I have devoted a lot of time and thought to this illusion ... I won’t tell you how it was done, but I can assure you it was pure trickery. I did it by perfectly normal means. I devised it to show you what can be done along these lines. Now, I beg of you, Sir Arthur, do not jump to the conclusion that certain things you see are necessarily “supernatural,” or the work of “spirits,” just because you cannot explain them....”
― Harry Houdini

“Doors only lock, Because enemy within scares more than outside”
― Harry Houdini, Elliott's Last Legacy: Secrets Of The King Of All Kard Kings

“Presently we descended toward the Sphinx, and sat silent beneath the spell of those terrible unseeing eyes.”
― Harry Houdini, Weird Tales: Best of the Early Years 1923-25

“❞ «لقد توصَّلت إلى قاعدة عامة، وهي أنه كلما زاد ذكاء الشخص وثقافته، زادت سهولة إرباكه وتحييره» ❝”
― harry houdini