"I never wanted to be a magician. I……" — Penn Jillette
"I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage."
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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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