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
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
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
The vast majority of people who have mental illness problems never hurt anybody. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
My tolerance for crazy people is, I think, high a tolerance as you're ever going to find. I love being around David… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of huge populations of people, so you'd think with 300 million people in the country, you don't even… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral… — 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
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
If you believe that there’s a heaven and hell and people could be going to hell—or not getting eternal life or whatever—and… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people, — 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
We know what racist people look like. They don't deny it. They just don't! — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
You get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
It is really funny to see people that you know acting unpleasantly just because there are TV cameras on. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
It wasn't success, because Teller and I, by the time Asparagus Valley got together - within a year, we had achieved all… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I do believe that a belief in God is crazy, but that doesn't mean that the people who believe in it are… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I live in Vegas, and I see people by the side of the road with cardboard signs who seem like they might… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I don't travel in circles where people say, 'I have faith, I believe this in my heart and nothing you can say… — 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 Image
I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I'm always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they're often not very stupid in hindsight. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
It is really funny to see people that you know acting unpleasantly just because there are TV cameras on. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
