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
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I don't know what's best for other people.
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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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Poker has the feeling of a sport but you don't have to do push-ups, ... How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker: The Wisdom of Dickie Richmond.
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Showbiz is just there to give people something to talk about.
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I have never heard her say 'hell' or 'damn,' ... She's not coming.
I hate that not everything ever written is on iBooks. Man, I hate paper.
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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 innocent people died after 9/11 because of 9/11 than died in 9/11.
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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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You have networks for people who bass fish, and another for people who trout fish.
I'm not misunderstood. I am brash. I make my living being brash.
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Religion is faith. Faith is belief without evidence. Belief without evidence cannot be shared. Faith is a feeling. Love is also a feeling, but love makes no universal claims. Love is pure.
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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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My body really, really wanted to reproduce when I was 15. It took a lot of civilization, socialization, willpower and some emulsion polymerization technology for me not to reproduce at 15.
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Religion is often just tribalism: pride in a group one was born into, a group that is often believed to have 'God' on its side.