"The cliche of the nerdy kid who doesn't……" — Penn Jillette
"The cliche of the nerdy kid who doesn't go outside and just plays games is completely untrue. And it's also true for the nerdy kid who studies comic books and turns into this genius, and it is also true for the nerdy kid who listens to every nerdy thing that Led Zeppelin put out. That kind of obsession in a 16-year-old is not ugly. It's beautiful."
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227 Quotes by Penn Jillette
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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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This I believe: I believe there is no God.
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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 purpose of art is to collide the intellectual and visceral together at the highest speed possible.
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