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

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.

Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.

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

I am not an irretrievable skeptic. I am not hopelessly prejudiced. I am perfectly willing to believe, and my mind is wide open; but I have, as yet, to be convinced. I am perfectly willing, but the evidence must be sane and conclusive.

Anyone who believes in magic is a fool.

What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.