Houdini — "The greatest escape I ever made was when I escaped from a straitjacket underwate…"

"The greatest escape I ever made was when I left my home to become a magician."

"I was never afraid of failure; for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest."

"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, a…"

"Gladly would I embrace Spiritualism if it could prove its claims, but I am not willing to be deluded by the fraudulent impositions of so-called psychics, or accept as sacred reality any of the evidenc…"

"The hand is quicker than the eye, but the mind is quicker than both."