Harry Houdini Quotes
Pickpockets either work alone or in pairs, or what is called a mob.
Houdini, Harry. The Right Way to Do Wrong: An Exposé of Successful Criminals. Harry Houdini, 1906, p. 28.
Nixon's suspected that Brookings had evidence about the secret Cambodian bombings and his pre-election felony regarding Vietnam. White House Staff Member Tom Huston had put together a plan to obtain embarrassing and potentially ruinous documents and other documents that would allow them to blackmail Nixon's critics who were regarded as "enemies".
In the quoted passage, it describes Diogenes as observing a thief being arrested in one of the religious temples by the officials of the temple. He had pilfered one of the temple treasures. Not unlike modern times, most religious organizations raised money be getting donations from the public. Some of the means of many of the religious groups are and have been of dubious morality and if used in commerce would generally be considered fraud. This quotation shows that this is not a new phenomenon nor was it limited to monotheistic religions.
Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American escape artist, illusionist, stunt performer and mysteriarch, noted for his escape acts.
