Penn Jillette Quotes

The one kind of person I have a lot of trouble understanding is the kind of person that says the existence of God or religion doesn't matter, it's not an important decision. I think it's vitally important; it's what all our lives are based on.

Penn Jillette

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• Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.

  

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• I'd like to have kids and a wife, and you know, drop them off at school and like, do normal things rather that constantly being on tour. Because I'm young now and I haven't really got a social life. This is all I do. It's the best job in the world, but I'll get to the point where there's more to life than work.

  

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• The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.

  

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• I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.

  

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• Americans, perhaps more than most people, have pondered the question of who they are and what their country is.

  

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• When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.

  

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• This is Earth. Isn't it hot?

  

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• Any perjury case is a tough case. You just don't go on 'he said-she said.' You have to find corroborating evidence.

  

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• It is the asymmetry of the bonus system that got us here. No incentives without disincentives: capitalism is about rewards and punishments, not just rewards.

  

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• The one kind of person I have a lot of trouble understanding is the kind of person that says the existence of God or religion doesn't matter, it's not an important decision. I think it's vitally important; it's what all our lives are based on.

  

  Penn Jillette
  • God
  • Important
  • Understanding