American - Entertainer | March 5, 1955 -
We know what racist people look like. They don't deny it. They just don't!
Penn Jillette
PeopleLookKnowJustLikeDeny
I don't believe the majority always knows what's best for everyone.
BestBelieveAlwaysEveryoneKnows
I didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.
BusinessConquerLearnShow Business
The definition of a stupid thing is something that if you do everything right, you still get hurt. Fire-eating and love are stupid things.
LoveStupidHurtYouRightThings
America was founded on Christians not trusting each other, and they sometimes seemed more willing to reach out to the godless than to someone from another sect.
ReachAmericaSomeoneSometimesMore
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.
ReligionSpaceDuckTalkingPoverty
My body really, really wanted to reproduce when I was 15. It took a lot of civilization, socialization, willpower and some emulsion polymerization technology for me not to reproduce at 15.
TechnologyMeBodyCivilizationSome
My whole family is missing that sports gene. I hope I didn't screw that up by marrying a great golfer.
FamilyHopeSportsGreatMissingUp
From 1985 to 1994, I lived in Manhattan in a big old loft right off Times Square. I could walk to work, which was in a couple of Broadway theaters, to Howard Stern's studio, and to 30 Rock for 'Letterman' and 'SNL.' Even in New York, walking to work is homey and folksy, like living in a small town.
WorkWalkNew YorkSmallWalking
Cheerios bring back memories. I actually don't think I ate them much as a kid, though; maybe it's some sort of Jungian memory, I don't know. But they have so much sugar, it's great.
MemoriesGreatMemoryThinkBack
I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world.
LifeChangeChange The WorldWorld
One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic tricks. They're all hanging from a thread - sometimes literally.
PerformanceLearnDoingMagicYou
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