Penn Jillette Quotes

If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.

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• I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Walk
  • I Can
  • Street

• I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.

  

  Halsey
  • Up
  • Done
  • America

• People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
  • People
  • Picture
  • Guilty

• Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • Deep
  • Beauty
  • Skin

• You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • Home
  • Night
  • Nice

• The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Me
  • Best
  • Experiences

• I've always wanted to do a lot of things.

  

  Sam Underwood
  • Always
  • Things
  • Wanted

• Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Always
  • Charming
  • Rehearsals

• There's no sex in Middle Earth.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Earth
  • Sex
  • Middle

• People don't usually compliment your character.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Character
  • Your

• What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.

  

  Barry Eisler
  • People
  • World
  • Bad

• I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.

  

  Victoria Woodhull
  • Government
  • Happiness
  • Pursue

• We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Up
  • Die
  • Car

• My way of getting the best from people on a set is to notice their work, to make every prop master, every seamstress, part of 'The Newsroom' or 'The West Wing' or 'Steve Jobs.'

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Work
  • Best

• When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Nature
  • Tree
  • Bird

• I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Love
  • Funny
  • Woman

• I would have to be able to come and go as I please. I could not sit in some office.

  

  Dana Brunetti
  • Office
  • Go
  • Come And Go

• I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • Work
  • American
  • Air

• We exchanged a meaning glance. Or, rather, two meaning glances, I giving him one and he giving me the other.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • Giving

• I found many treasures in the woods over the years: shotgun shells, empty Colt 45 bottles, old railroad spikes, orange and black beetles eating a dead mouse, pebbles that looked just like teeth, old stone walls and cellar holes, a rusted out frying pan, the skull of a cat.

  

  Jennifer McMahon
  • Black
  • Cat

• (We are) the herpes of American cinema (because) we aren't going anywhere...

  

  Lloyd Kaufman
  • American

• The world is getting better, but not in a straight line.

  

  James P. Gorman
  • World

• If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.

  

  Penn Jillette
  • Truth