Penn Jillette Quotes
I believe that there is no God. I'm beyond atheism. Atheism is not believing in God. Not believing in God is easy - you can't prove a negative, so there's no work to do
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
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In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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If you don't know much about the field, you're able to ask a set of questions that an expert would never ask, and that allows you a very different thought process and a fresh approach.
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That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way.
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Horses and horsepower alike are about status and being cool.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.
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Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.
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I think to have done 'Titanic' would have been a tortuous experience altogether. I feel good about where my life is, now. I feel free and joyous and happy and more liberated than I have ever been.
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Being tied down to a pre-med or engineering track would have slotted me into a very narrow group. Being a young filmmaker allowed me to explore many areas of life and many kinds of people.
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The Rock: And I quote: You know your damn role and Shut Your Damn Mouth!
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You have to be in movies that make money to be offered work. Basically that's the equation. There's no real way around that. That said, you don't ever make decisions solely for that reason.
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I believe that there is no God. I'm beyond atheism. Atheism is not believing in God. Not believing in God is easy - you can't prove a negative, so there's no work to do
