Explore Quotes by Penn Jillette

We celebrities are desperate pigs.

Trey Parker did 'Book of Mormon.' It's the best Broadway show I've ever seen. He does 'South Park.' It's wonderful.

There never was a God. 'God is dead' is a halfway measure I won't go with.

There's no job in show business that's harder than any other job outside show business.

The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.

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.

There are performers who have built their whole career doing magic on TV and can't really perform live at all - don't really have jobs and skills.

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

The Tea Party claims to want small government.

The most important part of life is work, it's the flow, it's getting stuff done, feeling like you're doing something.

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.

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

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

People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical.

Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.

The highest ideals are human intelligence, creativity and love. Respect these above all.

Technology adds nothing to art.

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

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

Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.

Penn & Teller don't know jack about global warming.