Penn Jillette Quotes - Page 6

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• 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

  Spring, Arrogance, Looks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you're watching Psycho, there' s that moment when you have a visceral reaction to watching someone being stabbed. And then you have the intellectual revelation that you're not, and that's where the celebration comes in.

  Penn Jillette

  Intellectual, Psycho, Celebration

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar. And I'm surprised by the number of atheist free thinkers that support Obama, and their argument is essentially, 'He's lying about being religious 'cause you have to do that to get elected.' It's a horrible reason to like somebody.

  Penn Jillette

  Religious, Atheist, Liars

  "Penn Jillette: An Atheist's Guide to the 2012 Election" by Daniel Honan, bigthink.com.

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• I think one of the things about Donald Trump that's interesting is he lives in a rarified atmosphere where it's possible that he doesn't get enough feedback, enough people rolling their eyes at him. It's a danger more in show business than it is with wealth.

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  Eye, Thinking, Interesting

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

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  Country, Religious, Rocks

  "Magician Penn Jillette Says 'God, No!' To Religion". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. August 16, 2011.

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• Everybody prefers to see a nut - they're more fascinating.

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  Nuts, Fascinating

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of people, to attack an outspoken atheist, one of the things they'll do is say, 'You are as bad as the fundamentalist Christians.' And my answer is always, 'I hope so.'

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  Christian, Atheist, People

  "Penn Jillette on the joys of atheism". Interview with John McMurtrie, www.sfgate.com. September 4, 2011.

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• Twelve magicians and two carnies have been shot dead doing the bullet catch. That's cool enough, but every night when we close our show with that trick and the loaded gun gets pointed in my face, it goes so far beyond cool. All I can think is 12 magicians, two carnies.

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  Gun, Night, Thinking

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• I am a huge fan of proselytizing. I am a huge fan of speaking your mind. The only way we can share the universe... is by talking very strongly about what we believe.

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  Believe, Talking, Mind

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Technology is run by sex, because it's very important to people, both technology and sex.

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  Running, Sex, Technology

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• 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

  Sexy, Thinking, Blood

  "Will You Help Penn Jillette Make a Horror Film?" by Paula Bernstein, www.indiewire.com. September 19, 2013.

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• If entertainment ran grocery stores, we'd NEVER get oil cured olives or blue cheese, it would be JUST Coke.

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  Blue, Oil, Would Be

  Interview with Kenneth Plume, asitecalledfred.com. September 2003.

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• There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.

  Penn Jillette

  Government, Political, Speech

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It wasn't success, because Teller and I, by the time Asparagus Valley got together - within a year, we had achieved all our goals. I mean, our goal was to earn our living doing exactly what we wanted. Which is many people's goal.

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  Congratulations, Mean, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• No one can tell you the rules of 'Celebrity Apprentice.' No one. Donald Trump just does what he wants, which is mostly pontificating to people who are sucking up to him, while the network people try to manipulate him into making the highest-rated show they can.

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  People, Trying, Want

  Penn Jillette (2012). “Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday!: More Magical Tales from the Bestselling Author of God, No!”, p.29, Penguin

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• 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.

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  Crazy, Thinking, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Country, Hippie, Hair

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've always wanted to make the world a more rational place. I'm still working on it.

  Penn Jillette

  World, Rational, Wanted

  Interview with Ken Plume, asitecalledfred.com. September 2003.

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• Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty.

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  Wish, Too Much, Waste

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In my run-ins with Christians... I find that they really are good moral people. And we overlap on everything, and they don't seem to be the kind of people that are waiting to hear voices to tell them what to do.

  Penn Jillette

  Christian, Running, Voice

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Charities are really good. To a certain extent, the ones you pick are arbitrary.

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  Arbitrary, Charity, Certain

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The fact is that violence gives you a rush.

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  Giving, Violence, Facts

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For the most part, any serious magic show is not using very much technology newer than theatrical lights.

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  Technology, Light, Magic

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My love of computers, besides being practical, is very direct and visceral. I love the way things look on the screen.

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  Looks, Way, Computer

  "Sound Bytes; Penn Jillette Finds Magic In His Personal Computer". Interview with Peter H. Lewis, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 1993.

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• 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.

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  Guy, Waiting, Laptops

  "Sound Bytes; Penn Jillette Finds Magic In His Personal Computer". Interview with Peter H. Lewis, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 1993.

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