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
thinking compassion people
People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right. There is great joy in helping people, but no joy in doing it at gunpoint.
thinking stuff politician
I don't think I'm made of the right stuff to be a politician. I think I'm made to be a loose cannon.
thinking vegas people
I think people under age 55 come to Vegas with a certain sense of irony.
thinking media
I think the media spends a lot of time fooling itself.
crazy thinking people
My tolerance for crazy people is, I think, high a tolerance as you're ever going to find. I love being around David Allen Coe. I would have loved to hang out with Tiny Tim. I can listen to Sun Ra on a tape-recording rant.
art thinking littles
I'm really happy with all the art that was inspired by religion, and I think I'd be tickled to little tiny pieces if art in the future was inspired by other things.
thinking names care
It's only the losers named 'Dave' that think having an unusual name is bad, and who cares what they think? They're named 'Dave.'
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.
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.
thinking better-life evidence
I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right.
thinking two people
Two things have always been true about human beings. One, the world is always getting better. Two, the people living at that time think it`s getting worse.
atheist children thinking
I don't think anything gives your life joy and meaning. I think your life simply has joy and meaning. The love for my children, the love for my parents and the love for my friends is the end in itself. The meaning is life.
thinking want facts
A famous monk once said, I don't always know what the right thing to do is, my Lord, but I think the fact that I want to please you pleases you.