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The highest ideals are human intelligence, creativity and love. Respect these above all. (Penn Jillette)
Religion cannot and should not be replaced by atheism. Religion needs to go away and not be replaced by anything. Atheism is not a religion. It's the absence of religion, and that's a wonderful thing. View quote
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When someone is trying to interpret something for you, they always have an agenda. View quote
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For better or worse, in the 21st century, reality shows are the variety show. View quote
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I love the feeling of shredded wheat. I love healthy bird food with a fun-to-eat feel. Then you spray them with sugar, and I'm there. View quote
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The purpose of art is to collide the intellectual and visceral together at the highest speed possible. View quote
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One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic tricks. They're all hanging from a thread - sometimes literally. View quote
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Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that. View quote
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My tolerance for crazy people is, I think, high a tolerance as you're ever going to find. I love being around David Allen Coe. I would have loved to hang out with Tiny Tim. I can listen to Sun Ra on a tape-recording rant. View quote
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'Psycho' is fascinating philosophically, because the point of 'Psycho' is that everything that's bad happens because of love. View quote
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In my run-ins with Christians... I find that they really are good moral people. And we overlap on everything, and they don't seem to be the kind of people that are waiting to hear voices to tell them what to do. (Penn Jillette)
If you want to turn out an atheist child, unconditional love constantly is a good way to do it. View quote
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The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody. View quote
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I am a huge fan of proselytizing. I am a huge fan of speaking your mind. The only way we can share the universe... is by talking very strongly about what we believe. View quote
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You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar. And I'm surprised by the number of atheist free thinkers that support Obama, and their argument is essentially, 'He's lying about being religious 'cause you have to do that to get elected.' It's a horrible reason to like somebody. View quote
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Penn & Teller stopped doing practical jokes, and the reason is we got much too good at it. View quote
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Having a Hummer is stupid. It's stupid to waste that much gas. It's stupid to waste that much money on gas. It's stupid to parade your insecurities on public roads. Hummers are stupid-looking. View quote
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I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero was making 'Dawn of the Dead,' he was coaching his son's little league team. View quote
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Everyone's goals are the same with very small differences. I mean, the goal of a socialist and the goal of a libertarian are exactly the same. The goals are happiness and security and freedom, and you balance those. View quote
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I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away. View quote
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Everybody wants clean, safe energy. Some people think nuclear is the way to go. Some people think coal is the way to go. Some people think wind is the way to go. And there's always balances on that. (Penn Jillette)
All David Blaine is is a good-looking magician. View quote
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My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair. View quote
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Everybody prefers to see a nut - they're more fascinating. View quote
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For the most part, any serious magic show is not using very much technology newer than theatrical lights. View quote
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