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Penn Jillette Quotes

I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: entertainer
Nationality: american
Birth: March 5, 1955

Topics

Government Done Censorship Must Very

I sell escapism.

I wrote that song for my wife, and it's what some guy who's sitting under a tree would be singing to the woman of his life, telling her how wonderful she is. To me, that's more lasting than something that sounds like it belongs on a movie soundtrack.

Life Tree Wife Woman Singing Song

I never saw myself not being a stand-up. That was my plan.

Myself Plan Never Being Saw

I dreamed of a future as a muscular, tanned, kibbutznik, who plowed the fertile fields of the Jezreel Valley in the day, sang religiously in the dining hall in the evening, and fiercely guarded the farmland at night, riding a noble horse.

Future Day Night Evening Horse

The American people need to know that there are folks here fighting as hard as they can for individual liberty, economic freedom, appropriate national security and the fundamental moral values that have made our nation the greatest nation in the history of mankind.

Freedom History People Fighting Know

Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation.

Commitment Constitution Never Forget

Discrimination is a disease.

Discrimination Disease

I think as humans, no one remembers their successes, everyone just remembers their failures.

Think Everyone Just Failures I Think

Make a list of the people in your 'choir'... If you're not on your own list, then you're doing something wrong.

Lisa Lampanelli

People Doing You Wrong Choir Own

My background is in filmmaking, and my mentor is Dusan Makavejev, who combined fiction and documentary.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Mentor Filmmaking Fiction Documentary

If I wasn't making a movie, I was trying to master a new musical instrument or trying to teach myself how to shave with a straight razor. I had to find the weirdest things just to increase my understanding of other cultures or other arts or intellectual pursuits.

Myself Understanding Trying Find New

That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views.

War World World War II Europe Sense

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