Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm..

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….

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 st….

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 pr….

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 ….

I'm tired of fighting, Dash. I guess this thing is going to get me..

The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed..

The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin..

I knew, as everyone knows, that the easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place some one is going to ….

Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves..

They do tricks even I can't figure out..

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 extre….

I always have on my mind the thought that next year I must do something greater, something more wonderful..

I do not believe that ghosts or spirits exist..

The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance..

The Sun represents the right half of the body and the Moon the left half..

My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick; they have no conception of the tortuous preliminar….

An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect..

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..

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

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..