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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Penn & Teller don't know jack about global warming.

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I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because of my voice.

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Barack Obama is way smarter than Bush - so way, way smarter than me. Obama is way more charismatic than me.

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I came to magic absolutely hating magic on a very, very deep level.

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For better or worse, in the 21st century, reality shows are the variety show.

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I don't speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats.

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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.

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You should think about the world and feel about your heart.

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I get along so much better with fundamentalist Christians than I do with wishy-washy liberals, who want everyone to get along.

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Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.

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I grew up as a Christian. I suppose at some level I wanted to believe someone was watching over me.

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I have more contact with people who consume, for lack of a better word, my product than any other performers.

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I hate that not everything ever written is on iBooks. Man, I hate paper.

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Teller and I worked Renaissance Festivals and street performing - actually more real, no kidding around, Philadelphia street performing than we did Renaissance Festivals.

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I'm a big fan of huge populations of people, so you'd think with 300 million people in the country, you don't even have to please 1% to be phenomenally successful.

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We celebrities are desperate pigs.

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The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.

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America was founded on Christians not trusting each other, and they sometimes seemed more willing to reach out to the godless than to someone from another sect.

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I started out as a juggler, so I know what it means to spend eight hours a day, seven days a week practicing something that people just dismiss with a wave of hand.

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No one can tell you the rules of 'Celebrity Apprentice.' No one. Donald Trump just does what he wants, which is mostly pontificating to people who are sucking up to him, while the network people try to manipulate him into making the highest-rated sho...

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Everybody is designing magic iPhone apps that do things that are really, really beautiful, but a really important thing about magic is that the gimmick has to be ugly.

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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