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Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette
American Entertainer
Born: Mar 5, 1955
Believe Good Me People Think You
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It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people yourself is compassion. Voting for our government to use guns to give money to help poor and suffering people is immoral, self-righteous, bullying laziness. Penn Jillette
Government Bullying Me Suffering Yourself People Money Voting Amazing Compassion Laziness Think Our Immoral Guns Give How How Many People Self-Righteous Poor Poor People Use Help Helping Many
Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.' Penn Jillette
Saying Me Crazy You Tolerance Nice Something Smiling
You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican. Penn Jillette
You Libertarian Be Careful Because Sound Very Republican Careful
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. Penn Jillette
Needs Religion Wonderful Go Away Atheism Absence Go Replaced Wonderful Thing Anything Cannot Should Away Thing
Bacon is so good by itself that to put it in any other food is an admission of failure. You're basically saying, 'I can't make this other food taste good, so I'll throw in bacon.' Penn Jillette
Saying Good Food Failure You Other Bacon Admission Throw Put Make Itself Taste Any Basically
Asking someone else to do something immoral is immoral. Penn Jillette
Else Immoral Someone Something Asking
I'm not bothered by the idea of getting old, or I guess you could say by having arrived at old. I was 10 when my mom turned 55. For 1955, she was a very old mom. Penn Jillette
Mom You Old Getting Old Guess Say Having Could Bothered Idea She Arrived Very Getting Turned
I'm a big fan of gospel music, and you cannot be a fan of rock and roll, you cannot be a fan of country western music, and you can't really be a fan of jazz without listening to a lot of music that's religious. Penn Jillette
Music You Listening Country Big Gospel Music Jazz Religious Gospel Without Rock Rock And Roll Big Fan Lot Western Roll Fan Cannot Really
The purpose of art is to collide the intellectual and visceral together at the highest speed possible. Penn Jillette
Art Together Speed Visceral Possible Purpose Highest Intellectual
There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can't do it in five minutes. You can't listen to 'The Rite of Spring' once and understand what Stravinsky was all about. Penn Jillette
Music You Arrogance Somebody Spring Tremendous Tremendous Amount Once Minutes Classical About Classical Music Something Rite Look Talk Understand Hubris Five Listen Where Whether Century Dismiss Gaming Stravinsky Amount
The highest ideals are human intelligence, creativity and love. Respect these above all. Penn Jillette
Love Respect Creativity Intelligence Above Highest Ideals Human Human Intelligence
I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship. Penn Jillette
Government Censorship Definition Must Very Done Specific
If you want to turn out an atheist child, unconditional love constantly is a good way to do it. Penn Jillette
Love Good You Atheist Way Out Constantly Unconditional Unconditional Love Good Way Child Want Turn
It is really funny to see people that you know acting unpleasantly just because there are TV cameras on. Penn Jillette
Funny You People TV See Know Because Cameras Just Just Because Really Acting
My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair. Penn Jillette
Car Long Hair Country Every Way More Long Hair Never Takes Hippie Times Than Across Ridden
To drive a car in rural America is freedom. Before I had a car, I'd never seen a rock and roll show, I'd never seen a comic or a show. Penn Jillette
Freedom Car Seen Drive Before Rural Rural America Never Had Rock Comic Rock And Roll America Roll Show
'Celebrity Apprentice' has more integrity and is the most straightforward show I've ever seen. Penn Jillette
Integrity Seen Apprentice More Most Celebrity Straightforward Show Ever
Penn & Teller stopped doing practical jokes, and the reason is we got much too good at it. Penn Jillette
Good Jokes Too Teller Penn Practical Got Doing Stopped Much Reason
Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision. Penn Jillette
Experience Vision Else Back Entertained Plugging Someone Part Sitting Being
I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero was making 'Dawn of the Dead,' he was coaching his son's little league team. Penn Jillette
Love Art Son People Dangerous Dawn He League Dead Making George His Done Little Little League Coaching Team Who Violent
The pure unadulterated disgust of Washington seems to me to be a really good thing. Penn Jillette
Good Me Pure Seems Good Thing Disgust Really Washington Thing
This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need. Penn Jillette
You Money Made Year Few Guard Must Horrible More Lifetime Know Couple Make How Sound How Much Dollars His Than Going Jail Much Even Dad Ever Million Million Dollars Need
The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody. Penn Jillette
Hurt People Guns Vast Vast Majority Never Majority Anybody Who
For the most part, any serious magic show is not using very much technology newer than theatrical lights. Penn Jillette
Technology Magic Part Lights Most Very Than Any Theatrical Much Show Using Serious
I like movies that are scary, but I don't want them to be dirt dumb. I want a movie that gets my blood racing, makes me laugh, but also gives me something to think about, with maybe a little sexy thrown in. Hollywood doesn't make movies like that. Penn Jillette
Me Think Laugh Sexy About Scary Something Gives Dirt Thrown Like Also Make Makes Dumb Blood Gets Maybe Want Movie Little Movies Them Hollywood Racing
The one kind of person I have a lot of trouble understanding is the kind of person that says the existence of God or religion doesn't matter, it's not an important decision. I think it's vitally important; it's what all our lives are based on. Penn Jillette
God Religion Matter Decision Trouble Important Understanding Think Our Our Lives Says Kind All Our Lives Vitally Important Decision Existence Lot Person Based Lives
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