Penn Jillette Quotes

If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.

Penn Jillette

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TruthStandLyingTwoOrderThings

Retiring from writing is not to retire from life.

Jim Crace

LifeWritingRetireRetiring

Carl Icahn told me to stay away from airlines. In good times, the unions take away the profits, and in bad times, the cost of oil kills you.

Mian Muhammad Mansha

GoodMeGood TimesYouBadUnions

I hate to say it, but Christmas as a kid was always a moneymaking venture for me. I played trumpet, and a friend of mine who played trombone and a guy who played tuba, every Christmas we'd go out for three or four days beforehand and play Christmas carols on our horns.

John Tesh

FriendHateMePlayThreeChristmas

My TV show had been cancelled; nothing else had gone anywhere; some alliances I had made petered out and nothing came of them and I was looking at a long, long year ahead of me in which there was no work on the horizon, the phone wasn't ringing. I had two kids, one of them a brand-new baby, and I didn't know if I would be able to keep my house.

Tom Hanks

WorkMeBabyLookingHorizonYear

I'm kind of glad the web is sort of totally anarchic. That's fine with me.

Roger Ebert

MeKindWebFineGladSort

When friends wanted to go to the centre of town, they took a bus or tram. I took the ball and went running after them. School was hell because I had to put the ball on the ground. Outside, I was free, playing the ball.

Robin Van Persie

SchoolFreeHellFriendsGoOutside

I love to play the songs that got me to where I am. I like to take a little bit from all of my records and mix it up.

Mat Kearney

LoveI AmMePlayUpLittle

I go down to the gym unwashed, like something dragged in from behind a truck.

Judy Sheindlin

TruckGymDownGoSomethingBehind

If you are still thinking about a script after five or ten years, that's a sign that it's good - not that it's stale. And the opposite is true - if everyone wants to make your movie, that's a sign that it probably sucks.

Jason Blum

GoodThinkingYouTrueEveryone

The dog doesn't know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too.

Donna Shalala

DogWalkMondaySaturdayEarlyKnow

With recording, everything changed. The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one's furniture. It's an idea that many composers have felt reluctant about because it seemed to them to diminish the importance of music.

Brian Eno

MusicTimeStartThinkFurniture

I've always had a strong love and a sense of care for kids. And the one thing is evident and is so true - the kids are our future.

Ciara

LoveFutureStrongCareTrueAlways

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