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
punishment rewards morality
If you are doing something for reward or punishment, you do not have morality.
government rights safety
Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people
body littles
We are only here for a little while, and our bodies belong to ourselves and no one else.
religious atheist punishment
Only Atheists have morals, the religious have reward and punishment. That's not morality, that's sucking up.
hate believe thinking
If you believe that there’s a heaven and hell and people could be going to hell—or not getting eternal life or whatever—and you think that, well, it’s not really worth telling them this because it would make it socially awkward. . . . How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?
atheist atheism might
If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.
believe honesty incredibly
In all honesty, I believe we're fair, and incredibly biased. These are two different things. On our show there are no ambushes.
both carlin civil comparing exact found george later notes time
The first thing I said to myself on 9/11 was, 'There go our civil rights.' I found out by comparing notes later that George Carlin and I both said that at the exact same time. That's the first thing that popped into our head.
last
The first year, I went off half-cocked, which is nothing new for me. The last two years have been better-planned.
change freedom mind people
You can't allow people freedom and then change your mind when the things don't go your way.
cheesy intend penn teller until
I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.
ice rivers tree
Every day, TV, newspapers, and the Internet bombard us with a message that we're destroying the earth. Ice caps are melting, rivers are dying, polar bears are drowning, and trees are doing something.
moving voice people
Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.
vision sitting
Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.