Penn Jillette Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Penn Jillette on Wise Famous Quotes.
One of the strongest feelings you can get in life
one of the most rewarding feelings
is the feeling of an "Aha, I finally understand."
one of the most rewarding feelings
is the feeling of an "Aha, I finally understand."
The vast majority of the world knows there's no reason to circumcise. Someone should tell the doctors.
I don't believe in vengeance. Really, when all is said and done, I probably don't believe in punishment.
TV networks are dying. The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows.
When I buy Windows 98, I'm not only buying something useful, I'm giving money to Bill Gates, which is a really good thing.
If I go out to dinner with you and you order wine, I leave. I won't be around drugs and alcohol at all.
Atheism is the absence of religion. We don't really need atheism. We just need to get rid of religion.
It's only the losers named 'Dave' that think having an unusual name is bad, and who cares what they think? They're named 'Dave.'
I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.
I love the feeling of shredded wheat. I love healthy bird food with a fun-to-eat feel. Then you spray them with sugar, and I'm there.
I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship.
Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.
I'm always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they're often not very stupid in hindsight.
We have to fight for the freedom to be stupid, and smoking is one of the best ways to fight for your freedom, to be just as stupid as you can be.
Only Atheists have morals, the religious have reward and punishment. That's not morality, that's sucking up.
I believe in individual rights so much that I don't like any sort of 'what's good for the cause'-type questions.
There should be an ease and clarity to anything that's real and from the heart. Things that are true shouldn't have tricks.
A joke is a way to say, 'I'm going to do something funny now. If I don't get a laugh at the end, I'm a failure.'
'Moxie' is a name that was created by an American for the first national soft drink and then went on to mean chutzpah, and that's nice.
Hypocrisy is annoying but not evil. Someone who says one thing and does another has doubled their chances of being half right.
I'm totally against straight marriage - even though I'm married. I don't think heterosexual marriage is any of the government's business.
If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.
The reason I'm an I.B.M.-type guy today is that I really needed a laptop back in 1986, and I just couldn't wait for the Powerbook.
I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.
My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them.
I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world.
Trey Parker did 'Book of Mormon.' It's the best Broadway show I've ever seen. He does 'South Park.' It's wonderful.
We knew that we were kind of odd and creeps, and we wanted to do odd, creepy stuff for people who wanted to see that.
Exploration of space is worth it because humans need to explore. Knowledge is always good, and it's a really cool thing to see.
If entertainment ran grocery stores, we'd NEVER get oil cured olives or blue cheese, it would be JUST Coke.
I don't question things that go against what I believe very much. But boy, the stuff that I really want to believe, I really question a lot.
I get along so much better with fundamentalist Christians than I do with wishy-washy liberals, who want everyone to get along.
The definition of a stupid thing is something that if you do everything right, you still get hurt. Fire-eating and love are stupid things.
I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because of my voice.
My love of computers, besides being practical, is very direct and visceral. I love the way things look on the screen.
People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical.
I have more contact with people who consume, for lack of a better word, my product than any other performers.
You don't have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is "I don't know".