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
records world firsts
I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world.
stupid world doe
I'm always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they're often not very stupid in hindsight.
atheist doctors world
The vast majority of the world knows there's no reason to circumcise. Someone should tell the doctors.
world rational wanted
I've always wanted to make the world a more rational place. I'm still working on it.
art technology world
The whole world is pretending the breakthrough is in technology. The bottleneck is really in art.
world pay bills
That whole 99% thing, they are all in the 1% of the world. Every one of them pays a cellphone bill that is the yearly income for a family in much of the rest of the world.
war world prove
World War II proves there's no God.
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.
dearly friend last loved means night talked worked
It's really not good, ... I mean, when I talked to Siegfried last night, he said, you know, it was going to be OK. You have no idea what that means. It means a friend that he's loved dearly and worked with for 28 years -- his heart's still beating, and there's still hope.
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.
life totally
I'm totally clean and sober my whole life.
business marriage straight though totally
I'm totally against straight marriage - even though I'm married. I don't think heterosexual marriage is any of the government's business.
uplifting words
It kind of makes me feel great, because words still have power, ... I just like how uplifting the idea is: Words are powerful.
guy laptop needed
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.