You get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right..

The medium is not the message - the message is the message..

I was always a little embarrassed when there was an act on television that requires a great deal of skill but is a little goofy, and the host comes o….

Penn & Teller stopped doing practical jokes, and the reason is we got much too good at it..

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 paren….

If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means..

The whole world is pretending the breakthrough is in technology. The bottleneck is really in art..

America was founded on Christians not trusting each other, and they sometimes seemed more willing to reach out to the godless than to someone from an….

The word ‘holiday’ comes from ‘holy day’ and holy means ‘exalted and worthy of complete devotion.’ By that definition, all days are holy. Life is hol….

Poker would have never gotten on TV when we only had three networks..

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

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,'….

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

I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life..

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 intellec….

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

I believe in individual rights so much that I don't like any sort of 'what's good for the cause'-type questions..

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

We all have friends we love dearly that couldn't pass for human in a strict Turing test..

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..