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I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules.

I'm always fascinated by the use of the first-person plural talking about sports.

I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.

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.

I think the media spends a lot of time fooling itself.

I love the idea that horror and fear is a celebration of health and life.

I think people under age 55 come to Vegas with a certain sense of irony.

I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage.

I love the feeling of shredded wheat. I love healthy bird food with a fun-to-eat feel. Then you spray them with sugar, and I'm there.

I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship.

I like to read in the dark. I like to go into the bathtub, turn out all the lights, and in the dark, read my books.

I have more contact with people who consume, for lack of a better word, my product than any other performers.

I like things matching. I have an upright bass, a drum kit and a grand piano that's the same color. I tend to overthink things.

I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.

I get along so much better with fundamentalist Christians than I do with wishy-washy liberals, who want everyone to get along.

I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right.

I didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.

I don't speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats.

I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.

I don't believe in vengeance. Really, when all is said and done, I probably don't believe in punishment.

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.