I don't want people who are in poverty, in pain, or suffering, to suffer because it's for their own good and they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. I want to help them. I want us all to help them. Penn Jillette bootstrapgoodpain share on social
Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.' Penn Jillette crazynicesmile Change image and share on social
I started out as a juggler, so I know what it means to spend eight hours a day, seven days a week practicing something that people just dismiss with a wave of hand. Penn Jillette daydismisshand Change image and share on social
I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil. Penn Jillette evilgamelead Change image and share on social
Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts into the culture that stay there. Penn Jillette actualculturefamous Change image and share on social
I get along so much better with fundamentalist Christians than I do with wishy-washy liberals, who want everyone to get along. Penn Jillette christianfundamentalistliberal Change image and share on social
I'm totally against straight marriage - even though I'm married. I don't think heterosexual marriage is any of the government's business. Penn Jillette businessgovernmentheterosexual Change image and share on social
The most important part of life is work, it's the flow, it's getting stuff done, feeling like you're doing something. Penn Jillette feltflowimportant Change image and share on social
I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right. Penn Jillette evidenceleadlibertarianism Change image and share on social
When I was a kid, politicians wanted to avoid talking about religion if they could. John F. Kennedy couldn't duck the issue, being Catholic and all. So how did he address it? By reminding Americans that religion shouldn't be an issue, that he was concentrating on big things like poverty and hunger and leading the space race. Penn Jillette addressamericanavoid share on social