Quote

The whole world is pretending the breakthrough is in technology. The bottleneck is really in art.

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
Technology
Art
Whole
Really
World
Bottleneck
Bottlenecks
Breakthrough
Pretending

More quotes by Penn Jillette

Image
For the most part, any serious magic show is not using very much technology newer than theatrical lights.
Penn Jillette
Image
Poker would have never gotten on TV when we only had three networks.
Penn Jillette
Image
When I buy Windows 98, I'm not only buying something useful, I'm giving money to Bill Gates, which is a really good thing.
Penn Jillette
Image
You can't stop insane people from doing insane things with insane laws. That's insane!
Penn Jillette
Image
Barack Obama is way smarter than Bush - so way, way smarter than me. Obama is way more charismatic than me.
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
The definition of a stupid thing is something that if you do everything right, you still get hurt. Fire-eating and love are stupid things.
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
There's no job in show business that's harder than any other job outside show business.
Penn Jillette
Image
Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious it'll make you bugnutty.
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
If you can just convince the dope people that the gun people are right and the gun people that the dope people are right, we could actually live in a lot more freedom.
Penn Jillette
Image
I'm a big fan of gospel music, and you cannot be a fan of rock and roll, you cannot be a fan of country western music, and you can't really be a fan of jazz without listening to a lot of music that's religious.
Penn Jillette
Image
I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.
Penn Jillette
Image
Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.
Penn Jillette
Image
I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life.
Penn Jillette
Image
The vast majority of the world knows there's no reason to circumcise. Someone should tell the doctors.
Penn Jillette
Image
Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.
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
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.
Penn Jillette