Houdinis Death Quotes & Sayings

A man must know how to estimate a sour face. The sour face of the multitude, like thier sweet faces, have no deep cause, but are put on and off as the wind blows and the newspaper directs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Things change, people change,
change is the inevitable laws of nature exacting its toll on lives. — Nicholas Sparks

There is an interconnectedness among members that bonds the family, much like mountain climbers who rope themselves together when climbing a mountain, so that if someone should slip or need support, he's held up by the others until he regains his footing. — Phil McGraw

Contrary to a popular impression, profits are achieved not by raising prices, but by introducing economies and efficiencies that cut costs of production. — Henry Hazlitt

People think I'm crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness. Dostoyevsky had it right: 'Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.' Never are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in. There is a magic in misery. Just ask any runner. — Dean Karnazes

Post Horses and Conveyances of every description may be ordered by the electric telegraph to be in readiness on the arrival of a train, at either Paddington or Slough Station. — Tom Standage

One should not chug an entire glass of wine at an elegant dinner party. I start hacking and coughing, having practically water-boarded myself out of sheer humiliation. — Lisa Daily

Looks like a pretty serious race unfolding. — Wolf Blitzer

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself. — Willie Stargell

Without cruelty there is no festival: thus the longest and most ancient part of human history teaches and in punishment there is so much that is festive! — Friedrich Nietzsche