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Penn Jillette Quotes

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.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Religion Space Duck Talking Poverty

I remember when being a 'a company man' was a badge of honor; today in Silicon Valley it may brand you a loser or, in the best case scenario, someone afraid to take risks. Ten years ago, if you saw a resume that had multiple jobs in ten years, you would be worried about the capability of the individual. Not so now.

Today Best Man Risks Brand Honor

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

John Mellencamp

Said She Would Before Could Dixie

I played guitar when I was a kid a little bit. I can tool around with a guitar, but I'm certainly not a musician.

Guitar I Can Kid Little Tool Around

The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it.

Commitment Design You Understand Up

I always wake up kind of early - well, early for me, which is about 8 A.M.

Romain Grosjean

Me Wake Up Early Kind Always Up

When I do something, I don't want to be second best. That's the right way.

Best Want Way Right Something

My sympathies are Left. On paper and in the soul. But not in my heart or my guts.

Heart Soul Paper Left Guts

When you're dealing with a sick person, you're not important at all. You're just a nobody.

Lisa Lampanelli

Sick You Person Nobody Important

The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.

Never Admiration Poet He Wants

If speech always wins, even if it's an atomic secret that's going to be broadcast to our enemies, it's easy to make a decision. Speech always wins. But it doesn't... Liberty doesn't always trump equality or equality always trump liberty.

Decision Equality Speech Easy Secret

I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.

Teacher Driving Mentor Claim Forces

The crowd makes the ballgame.

Sports Crowd Makes Ballgame

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