What did Penn Jillette mean by: You get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right. Penn Jillette Magician and entertainer · USA Copy
Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Penn Jillette, Attribution, Ignorance, Skepticism, 0 Penn Jillette Magician and entertainer · USA
When someone is trying to interpret something for you, they always have an agenda. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Penn Jillette, Agenda, Bias, Interpretation, 0 Penn Jillette Magician and entertainer · USA
If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Penn Jillette, Deception, Reflection, Truth, 0 Penn Jillette Magician and entertainer · USA
I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Penn Jillette, Evil, Voting, 0 Penn Jillette Magician and entertainer · USA
Penn & Teller stopped doing practical jokes, and the reason is we got much too good at it. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Penn Jillette, Evolution, Humor, Skill, 0 Penn Jillette Magician and entertainer · USA
Much better than the feeling of having things is the feeling of having earned things. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Penn Jillette, Achievement, Satisfaction, Value, 0 Penn Jillette Magician and entertainer · USA
The highest ideals are human intelligence, creativity and love. Respect these above all. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Penn Jillette, Creativity, Intelligence, Love, 0 Penn Jillette Magician and entertainer · USA
I think that I am willing to risk my life in order to have more freedom. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Penn Jillette, Freedom, Risk, Sacrifice, 0 Penn Jillette Magician and entertainer · USA
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I believe that while art is always beyond morality, it is never above it. Read explanation Jennifer Stone Actress · USA
A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France