458 Quotes by Penn Jillette

Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people.

If there’s something you really want to believe, that’s what you should question the most.

I’m an amazing mama’s boy.

Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it’s amazing how many people get that.

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.

Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, ‘That’s nice.’

Thou shalt not take anything on faith.

When you tell other people to do stuff they don’t know how to do, they tend to freak out.

A famous monk once said, I don’t always know what the right thing to do is, my Lord, but I think the fact that I want to please you pleases you.