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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The Tea Party claims to want small government.

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There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.

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If you don't pay your taxes and you don't answer the warrant and you don't go to court, eventually someone will pull a gun. Eventually someone with a gun will show up. I want everything the government does to be done, I just want it to be done volunt...

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People still seem to think that they should vote themselves money. They seem to think there is stuff which they think is the government's job, when it's really the individual's job.

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A lot of people, to attack an outspoken atheist, one of the things they'll do is say, 'You are as bad as the fundamentalist Christians.' And my answer is always, 'I hope so.'

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The secret truth of 'Celebrity Apprentice' is that it isn't very hard... 'Celebrity Apprentice' is easy like junior high is easy. All the arithmetic, the creative writing and the history are super simple, but like junior high, you do that easy work s...

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I believe the fast track to atheism is reading the Bible. I've read it three times all the way through. It's a big part of our culture, a big part of our history. I don't just read things I agree with.

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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.

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You can't allow people freedom and then change your mind when the things don't go your way.

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My love of computers, besides being practical, is very direct and visceral. I love the way things look on the screen.

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Computers absolutely changed my life. Before I had a computer, I had never written one thing. Not one thing. I'm a very bad speller and I was embarrassed by that. When I would type, the little mistakes would make me nutty, and I would never edit anyt...

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To drive a car in rural America is freedom. Before I had a car, I'd never seen a rock and roll show, I'd never seen a comic or a show.

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My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair.

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Cars mean nothing to me. I'm not a car guy.

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I've never revved my car at a light for an attractive woman or an auto-rival, not even as a joke.

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This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need...

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TV networks are dying. The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows.

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I was always a little embarrassed when there was an act on television that requires a great deal of skill but is a little goofy, and the host comes over and acts like the person doing this skill is some sort of fool for having learned to do something...

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Obama is a great leader. He can fire people up and get them to do what he wants.

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Cheerios bring back memories. I actually don't think I ate them much as a kid, though; maybe it's some sort of Jungian memory, I don't know. But they have so much sugar, it's great.

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If you want to turn out an atheist child, unconditional love constantly is a good way to do it.

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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