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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Everybody wants clean, safe energy. Some people think nuclear is the way to go. Some people think coal is the way to go. Some people think wind is the way to go. And there's always balances on that.

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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.

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We aren't people who believe that just because we're performers our opinions on everything need to be known.

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I'm very happy being big and effeminate.

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One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic tricks. They're all hanging from a thread - sometimes literally.

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One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality.

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Bob Saget is the dirtiest comic who's ever lived. Nobody touches him.

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Comedy is taken care of by a free market.

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Poker would have never gotten on TV when we only had three networks.

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Asking someone else to do something immoral is immoral.

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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.

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Bob Barr is not crazy enough for my taste.

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If you want to talk about magic, the stuff that blows me away is the stuff that's done close up.

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If I were trying to avoid embarrassment, I wouldn't have stumbled my way through 'Dancing with the Stars.'

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Counterintuitive action makes a fellow feel smart.

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Everybody prefers to see a nut - they're more fascinating.

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I don't want everyone to read anything; I like us all reading different books.

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'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.

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The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people.

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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.

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There are performers who have built their whole career doing magic on TV and can't really perform live at all - don't really have jobs and skills.

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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