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
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Penn Jillette : American Entertainer
Born: March 5, 1955
When humor works, it works because it’s clarifying what peop…
Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art. Cla…
There is beauty when something works and it works intuitivel…
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the …
Neapolitans are extremely empathetic, whereas the typical no…
Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many …
When humor works, it works because it’s clarifying what peop…
Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art. Cla…
There is beauty when something works and it works intuitivel…
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the …
Neapolitans are extremely empathetic, whereas the typical no…
Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many …
For me, feminism is about equality. So, when someone works f…
My worldview comes from a collection of the books I have rea…
Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else sa…
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone plante…
If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants t…
It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew. Hen…
At the end of the day I’m writing comedy. If you get too rea…
Whether you like it or not, you’re forced to come to the rea…
My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I rea…
I’m so thankful for that struggling period. That time is rea…
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no rea…
I love going to Africa and stuff. I love going anywhere, rea…
I never realized before this the emotional power of some rea…
People who know me know I have a sense of humor that can rea…
