Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette
Penn Fraser Jilletteis an American magician, juggler, comedian, musician, inventor, actor, and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. He is also known for his advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, libertarianism and free-market capitalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMagician
Date of Birth5 March 1955
CityGreenfield, MA
CountryUnited States of America
laughing way ends
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.'
country successful thinking
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.
giving facts violence
The fact is that violence gives you a rush.
psycho fascinating happens
'Psycho' is fascinating philosophically, because the point of 'Psycho' is that everything that's bad happens because of love.
lying mean thinking
If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means.
thinking games two
I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil.
looking-good magician
All David Blaine is is a good-looking magician.
believe libertarian association
I'm a hardcore libertarian - I want everything legal - but I also believe that you have the right to free association.
should-have government no-fear
Someone who is a good person should have no fear of the government whatsoever.
smart action feels
Counterintuitive action makes a fellow feel smart.
real opposites action
Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense.
stars dancing trying
If I were trying to avoid embarrassment, I wouldn't have stumbled my way through 'Dancing with the Stars.'
light car rivals
I've never revved my car at a light for an attractive woman or an auto-rival, not even as a joke.
people contact performers
I have more contact with people who consume, for lack of a better word, my product than any other performers.