Doing Quote by Penn Jillette Download Open image “Penn & Teller stopped doing practical jokes, and the reason is we got much too good at it.” — Penn Jillette ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Doing Good Jokes Much Practical Practical joke Practicals Reason
I was never a joke teller. I don't even like jokes, for the most part. I don't like to hear them, and rarely can… — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
The best joke-tellers are those who have the patience to wait for conversation to come around to the point where the jokes in their… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
Few years ago [Donald] Trump was being roasted by Comedy Central. They always have rules about things that you can't joke about. Donald Trump's… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness. — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
I think there's a difference between making comedy and reporting comedy. When you're a joke teller you can easily fall into the second, you… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Our comedy is just falling over, funny faces, arguments, all the comedy basics, really. — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
The difference between comedians and the general public is that we are meant to be funnier. And when you've got politicians giving material so… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
The people that become the biggest jokes are people who do not change. They stay the way they were in the past. — Corey Feldman 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
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
If you think you're doing everything right, then you have a tendency to stand pat. — John Stockton Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I was in high school and I had an independent album out, and we kept sending that out, and I was doing shows. No… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
“I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
When the dollar collapses, it's not doing it in a vacuum. If the dollar loses value, it's doing so relative to some other currency.… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
When I made it, I still didn't wave the flag and say, Yeah go Asian people. I do want people to know that about… — Chad Hugo Copy Share Image
I really can't live without my In-N-Out burgers. Honestly, I can't. Even when I'm doing the whole no-carb thing occasionally, I make an exception… — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
You can't drain the swamp, as President Trump has touted doing, without getting rid of Mitch McConnell. — Amy McGrath Copy Share Image
You couldn't get me to go travel around and sit in a hotel room again. I have no interest in doing that. So everybody's… — Phil Everly Copy Share Image
A lot of actors get the leading role after doing a bunch of smaller things and people get to know them. I came out… — Sasha Luss Copy Share Image