Quote

We celebrities are desperate pigs.

Penn Jillette

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
Actor
Circus Performer
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Illusionist
Jongleur
Magician
Musician
Novelist
Podcaster
Radio Personality
Greenfield
Massachusetts
Penn Fraser Jillette
Celebrities
Pigs
Desperate

More quotes by Penn Jillette

Image
We have to fight for the freedom to be stupid, and smoking is one of the best ways to fight for your freedom, to be just as stupid as you can be.
Penn Jillette
Image
I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world.
Penn Jillette
Image
Bob Barr is not crazy enough for my taste.
Penn Jillette
Image
Everyday is an atheist holiday.
Penn Jillette
Image
Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense.
Penn Jillette
Image
I've never revved my car at a light for an attractive woman or an auto-rival, not even as a joke.
Penn Jillette
Image
If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.
Penn Jillette
Image
The best way to fight the terrorists is to have the freest country on earth. You should be able to get on an airplane, and people - that will not possibly happen again.
Penn Jillette
Image
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.
Penn Jillette
Image
I didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.
Penn Jillette
Image
If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means.
Penn Jillette
Image
TV networks are dying. The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows.
Penn Jillette
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
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 you don’t answer the warrant and you don’t go to court, eventually someone will pull a gun. Eventually someone with a gun will show up.
Penn Jillette
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 you.
Penn Jillette
Image
Even if I disagree with Obama on many, many things, he is certainly qualified to be president. He is certainly competent to be president.
Penn Jillette
Image
Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.
Penn Jillette
Image
Everyone's goals are the same with very small differences. I mean, the goal of a socialist and the goal of a libertarian are exactly the same. The goals are happiness and security and freedom, and you balance those.
Penn Jillette
Image
Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.
Penn Jillette
Image
One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality. That is the subject that, if you have a brain in your head, is always dealt with in magic. The smarter the tricks you're doing, the more that' s an important thing.
Penn Jillette