Penn Jillette Quotes

The First Amendment says nothing about your getting paid for saying anything. It just says you can say it. I don't believe that if a corporation pulls all the money out of you or a network pulls their money away or you get fired, you're being censored.

Penn Jillette

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MoneySayingBelieveYouNothing

How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security.

Jim Fowler

TreatSecurityEarthWelfareSocial

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.

Jerry Rubin

New YorkCityPersonNewEveryone

I search for the realness, the real feeling of a subject, all the texture around it... I always want to see the third dimension of something... I want to come alive with the object.

Andrew Wyeth

SearchFeelingAliveWantRealSee

I like to do comedy, but I'll be perfectly honest, I prefer to do drama and more character-driven-based stuff, generally.

Matt Dillon

ComedyDramaMoreHonestLikeStuff

Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.

John Simon

DemocracyIgnorantDecideThings

My expertise is running businesses.

Amit Bhatia

ExpertiseRunningBusinesses

I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry.

Stephen Colbert

SchoolPoetryNewspaperThingsLike

In reading, we are both scientists and poets.

Maryanne Wolf

ReadingPoetsBothScientists

Chicago was a big influence on all three of us growing up. I admire their musical integrity. When the opportunity came up to produce them, I couldn't let it go by.

Jay DeMarcus

IntegrityOpportunityGrowing UpGo

The best thing in the world is to put two characters who hate each other side by side. Or put two people who love each other far away, so they have to reach for each other with their looks.

Dee Rees

LoveBestHatePeopleWorldReach

If you write 50 songs, you're bound to write at least a dozen good ones.

Dean Ween

GoodYouWriteDozenSongsLeast

Blogs are evil. Actually, the blogs aren't as evil as blog comments.

Chrissy Teigen

EvilCommentsBlogActuallyBlogs

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