458 Quotes by Penn Jillette

One of the strongest feelings you can get in life – one of the most rewarding feelings – is the feeling of an “Aha, I finally understand.”

If stupid hippies hadn’t killed nuclear power, we’d have nuclear power plants, safer and cheaper than coal-fired plants, all over, and electric cars really would be zero emissions.

The evidence shows you that two things have been true throughout mankind’s history: One, things always get better. Two, people always think they’re getting worse.

In my private life, I’m not around any drugs or alcohol.

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.

The medium is not the message – the message is the message.

My parents were teetotalers and my grandparents were – it’s all the way back. It’s New English puritanical tradition.

Don’t waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it’ll make you bugnutty.

I’m a hardcore libertarian – I want everything legal – but I also believe that you have the right to free association.