Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I have more contact with people who consume, for lack of a better word, my product than any other performers. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I think people under age 55 come to Vegas with a certain sense of irony. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Obama is a great leader. He can fire people up and get them to do what he wants. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
You can't stop insane people from doing insane things with insane laws. That's insane! — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
You can't allow people freedom and then change your mind when the things don't go your way. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
When you tell other people to do stuff they don't know how to do, they tend to freak out. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
So many people say, ‘You know, your taxes aren’t taken by force,’ and that’s foolish. If you don’t pay your taxes and… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Believing there's no God stops me from being solipsistic. I can read ideas from all different people from all different cultures. Without… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you're manipulating objects, not people. And that's always appealed to me. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around. If you're looking for violent rape imagery, the Bible's right there in… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The only place we were really told to tone it down - where other people would use the word censorship, but I… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
You have in Vegas the most heterogeneous audience you're gonna get anywhere in the country. In Boston, Chicago, Miami, you know who… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I think one of the things about Donald Trump that's interesting is he lives in a rarified atmosphere where it's possible that… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Reading the Bible is the fast track to atheism. Reading the Bible means starting at "In the beginning..." and throwing it down… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
When you look at the actual numbers, the number of people who died after 9/11 was greater than the number of people… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
When 9/11 hit, the second thing I said to myself was, 'This really is what religious people do.' Those people flying the… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
There are two things that have been true throughout history in big hunks. You can find differences in ten years, but in… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people. He’s about double the numbers now. Can you… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
'Christian' used to be a throwaway word. People didn't used to use it much. People didn't start self-labeling or getting labeled Christian… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The secret truth of 'Celebrity Apprentice' is that it isn't very hard... 'Celebrity Apprentice' is easy like junior high is easy. All… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
It's not arrogant to say that you can't figure out the answers to the universe with your internal faith. It's not arrogant… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The vast majority of people who have mental illness problems never hurt anybody. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people, — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
We knew that we were kind of odd and creeps, and we wanted to do odd, creepy stuff for people who wanted… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
My whole take on libertarianism is simply that I don't know what's best for other people. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
My mom, if you asked her if she was interested in whether or not people gambled, would say no. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Technology is run by sex, because it's very important to people, both technology and sex. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
In music, if you hit a wrong note, people forgive you. In magic when something goes wrong, the entire art is destroyed. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
We know what racist people look like. They don't deny it. They just don't! — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
“What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart… — Penn Jillette Copy Share
I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers. — Penn Jillette Copy Share
Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision. — Penn Jillette Copy Share
That whole 99% thing, they are all in the 1% of the world. Every one of them pays a cellphone bill that is the… — Penn Jillette Copy Share
I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the… — Penn Jillette Copy Share
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… — Penn Jillette Copy Share
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… — Penn Jillette Copy Share
I'm always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they're often not very stupid in hindsight. — Penn Jillette Copy Share
It's only the losers named 'Dave' that think having an unusual name is bad, and who cares what they think? They're named 'Dave.' — Penn Jillette Copy Share
The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth. — Penn Jillette Copy Share
Well, it's not really the right word, but freedom is kind of a hobby with me, and I have disposable income that I'll spend… — Penn Jillette Copy Share
It is really funny to see people that you know acting unpleasantly just because there are TV cameras on. — Penn Jillette Copy Share
My whole take on libertarianism is simply that I don't know what's best for other people. — Penn Jillette Copy Share
“Once you've condoned faith in general, you've condoned any crazy shit done because of faith.” — Penn Jillette Copy Share