"Behaving morally because of a hope of reward……" — Penn Jillette
"Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion."
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227 Quotes by Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette has 227 quotes on this site.
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I don't think anything gives your life joy and meaning. I think your life simply has joy and meaning. The…
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The vast majority of the world knows there's no reason to circumcise. Someone should tell the doctors.
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If I go out to dinner with you and you order wine, I leave. I won't be around drugs and…
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People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get…
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This I believe: I believe there is no God.
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I mean, if I believed, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that a truck was coming at you, and you…
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How I was brought up and my imaginary friend means more to me than anything you can ever say or…
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If you believe that there’s a heaven and hell . . . how much do you have to hate somebody…
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If you believe that there’s a heaven and hell and people could be going to hell—or not getting eternal life…
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How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize?
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The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people,
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The purpose of art is to collide the intellectual and visceral together at the highest speed possible.
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I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop…
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If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in…
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In some ways, I always thought you're better off behaving like a rock star when you're a normal person. Because…
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Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how…
— Julie Andrews
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Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always…
— Seneca the Younger
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Many things, such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly - are done worst when we try hardest to…
— C.S. Lewis
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When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The supernatural virtue of justice consists of behaving exactly as though there were equality when one is the stronger in…
— Simone Weil
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If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire.
— Pat Buchanan
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Hope is the most sensitive part of a poor wretch's soul; whoever raises it only to torment him is behaving…
— Marquis de Sade
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I've spent my whole life doing some things because they were logical and not doing others because they were not.…
— Stephen King
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Atoms are weird stuff, behaving like active agents rather than inert substances. They make unpredictable choices between alternative possibilities according…
— Freeman Dyson
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