Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.

The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.

No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.

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

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

But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years.

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