Penn Jillette Quotes
'Moxie' is a name that was created by an American for the first national soft drink and then went on to mean chutzpah, and that's nice.
Quotes to Explore
-
Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you're having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
-
If we don't end war, war will end us.
-
I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
-
I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.
-
And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.
-
The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
-
I didn't make any friends in New York by insisting on moving the league headquarters to Cincinnati. The fact was that my son Bill was in school. His mother had passed away, and I didn't want to take the boy away from his school and to a strange city.
-
My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
-
Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
-
Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
-
I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.
-
I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
-
I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.
-
If Dana White can offer a contract that's not one-sided, and it's not cumbersome to the point where we look at it and realize that we can't fight for him, then we'll fight in the UFC.
-
We haven't even begun to see just how many transactions are going to take place online.
-
I usually have about four books on the go - a bedside book, a lavatory book, a downstairs book, and the book in my study that I read sneakily while I should be writing. Short stories for the lavatory, obviously.
-
I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
-
It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.
-
Writing with kids is an adventure. It seems like someone always has the flu or pink-eye. I mean, you don't even have to be in direct contact with anyone to get pink-eye. But for parents who write, flexibility becomes essential, and as long as I have a pad of paper and a pen, I can write anywhere. Starbucks is fine.
-
Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.
-
My only experience with American things is through movies.
-
I've got an interest in Zimbabwe. I spent a few months there before uni, so I'd like to get back to that.
-
Engvall and his wife are packing up their stuff to move, with a U-Haul sitting in their driveway.
-
'Moxie' is a name that was created by an American for the first national soft drink and then went on to mean chutzpah, and that's nice.
