Quotes by Penn Jillette

“Nobody that has seen a baby born can believe in god for a second. When you see your child born, and the panic, and the amount of technology that is saving the life of the two people you love most i...”

“What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart and therefore you can act on it, you have completely justified the 9/11 bomber...”

“Love and respect all people. Hate and destroy all faith.”

“As Im fond of saying, if you want to find utopia, take a sharp right on money and a sharp left on sex and its straight ahead.”

“The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people. Hes about double the numbers now. Can you imagine if McCain had won and did precisely what Obama has done, with ever...”

“Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid.”

“If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exac...”

“It's not arrogant to say that you can't figure out the answers to the universe with your internal faith. It's not arrogant to know that there's no omniscient, omnipotent prime mover in the universe...”

“Once you've condoned faith in general, you've condoned any crazy shit done because of faith.”

“But [he] had lost god, and all his family and friends were staying behind with his imaginary friend. A silly dream goes away and takes with it your whole real life.”

“Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not? But that...”

“If there's something you really want to believe, that's what you should question the most.”

“You dont have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is I dont know.”

“Astrology is a cousin of racism.”

“[On hearing that 86% of gay teens have experienced harassment] Eighty-six percent? Eighty-six per-fuckin-cent WERE harassed?! That means fourteen per-fuckin-cent WEREN'T harassed? WHAT?!At MY schoo...”

“Has any non-dipshit man ever used the word "ladies" not followed by the word "room"?”

“In any conflict, the crazier party generally wins.”

“Bacon is so good by itself that to put it in any other food is an admission of failure. You're basically saying, 'I can't make this other food taste good, so I'll throw in bacon.'”

“A joke is a way to say, 'I'm going to do something funny now. If I don't get a laugh at the end, I'm a failure.'”

“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...”