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
government money people seem stuff themselves
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.
answer eventually government gun pay pull taxes
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 voluntarily.
party government tea
The Tea Party claims to want small government.
should-have government no-fear
Someone who is a good person should have no fear of the government whatsoever.
government definitions done
I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship.
government president needs
We need a president who realizes that there's no government business in show business.
government political speech
There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.
government educated uneducated
Better to be uneducated than educated by your government.
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
five jazz obsessed talking
The whole thing comes from Provenza and I talking about be-bop jazz about five years ago when I got obsessed with it, and still am,
good magic needs realized time
And we realized it was time to do a show underwater. Magic needs a good head-soaking.
costello elvis five forward saw seeing
Five years ago, I was in New York, and I saw Elvis Costello and I said, 'I look forward to seeing you in Vegas,
allowed hours information manipulate minute
Provenza transcribed every minute of those hours on a computer. That allowed him to manipulate the information in his head, very much like Mozart, I would think,
idiot loving proved
proved that I wasn't an idiot for loving the American people.