The skills that we have are the actual magic skills – not the performing skills. We have to separate those. But the actual skills that make the tricks work, we don’t get to use again. Penn Jillette Read Quote
I was always a little embarrassed when there was an act on television that requires a great deal of skill but is a little goofy, and the host comes over and acts like the person doing this skill is some sort of fool for having learned to do something that’s very, very difficult. Penn Jillette Read Quote
I had e-mail in 1984! I had an e-mail address then, which means that all you could write to was Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. There were three of us, writing to each other. Penn Jillette Read Quote
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. Penn Jillette Read Quote
The pure unadulterated disgust of Washington seems to me to be a really good thing. Penn Jillette Read Quote
I don’t speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats. Penn Jillette Read Quote
There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can’t do it in five minutes. You can’t listen to ‘The Rite of Spring’ once and understand what Stravinsky was all about. Penn Jillette Read Quote
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. Penn Jillette Read Quote
Don’t waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it’ll make you bugnutty. Penn Jillette Read Quote
If I go out to dinner with you and you order wine, I leave. I won’t be around drugs and alcohol at all. Penn Jillette Read Quote
