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
good magic needs realized time
And we realized it was time to do a show underwater. Magic needs a good head-soaking.
space needs exploration
Exploration of space is worth it because humans need to explore. Knowledge is always good, and it's a really cool thing to see.
government president needs
We need a president who realizes that there's no government business in show business.
believe people needs
We aren't people who believe that just because we're performers our opinions on everything need to be known.
atheism needs absence
Atheism is the absence of religion. We don’t really need atheism. We just need to get rid of religion.
atheism going-away needs
Religion cannot and should not be replaced by atheism. Religion needs to go away and not be replaced by anything. Atheism is not a religion. It's the absence of religion, and that's a wonderful thing.
actual died greater number people
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.
bass networks people trout
You have networks for people who bass fish, and another for people who trout fish.
dad might parents western
very puritanical parents in western Massachusetts. If my dad stubbed his toe, you might get 'hell' out of him.
I'm not misunderstood. I am brash. I make my living being brash.
belief cannot evidence faith love religion universal
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.
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.
reproduce technology took
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.
believed born god group religion
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.