Quotes by Penn Jillette

About Penn Jillette:

Penn Fraser Jillette is an American magician, juggler, comedian, musician, inventor, actor, and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller in the team Penn & Teller. He is also known for his advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, libertarianism and free-market capitalism.
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Trey Parker did 'Book of Mormon.' It's the best Broadway show I've ever seen. He does 'South Park.' It's wonderful.

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When you're watching Psycho, there' s that moment when you have a visceral reaction to watching someone being stabbed. And then you have the intellectual revelation that you're not, and that's where the celebration comes in.

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Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'

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When you look at the actual numbers, the number of people who died after 9/11 was greater than the number of people who died in 9/11, even if you are talking Americans. But you know, I don't like to talk Americans. I want to talk everybody. More inno...

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I don't believe in vengeance. Really, when all is said and done, I probably don't believe in punishment.

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I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil.

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The vast majority of people who have mental illness problems never hurt anybody.

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You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.

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Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around.

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'Celebrity Apprentice' has more integrity and is the most straightforward show I've ever seen.

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Even if I disagree with Obama on many, many things, he is certainly qualified to be president. He is certainly competent to be president.

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Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you're manipulating objects, not people. And that's always appealed to me.

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I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules.

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You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar. And I'm surprised by the number of atheist free thinkers that support Obama, and their argument is essentially, 'He's lying about being religi...

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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.'

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I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage.

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I don't think I'm made of the right stuff to be a politician. I think I'm made to be a loose cannon.

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I'm always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they're often not very stupid in hindsight.

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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.

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Every poker player is smarter than me.

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Modern American magic, late 20th century magic, is tremendously disrespectful of the audience.

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Author Bio

  • NamePenn Jillette
  • DescriptionAmerican magician
  • BornMarch 5, 1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionRadio Host; Magician; Actor; Novelist; Circus Performer; Juggler