The cliche of the nerdy kid who doesn't go outside and just plays games is completely untrue. And it's also true for the nerdy kid who studies comic books and turns into this genius, and it is also true for the nerdy kid who listens to every nerdy thing that Led Zeppelin put out. That kind of obsession in a 16-year-old is not ugly. It's beautiful.
Penn JilletteOnly Atheists have morals, the religious have reward and punishment. That's not morality, that's sucking up.
Penn JilletteHypocrisy is annoying but not evil. Someone who says one thing and does another has doubled their chances of being half right.
Penn JilletteI will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.
Penn JilletteModern American magic, late 20th century magic, is tremendously disrespectful of the audience.
Penn JilletteThe only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people. Heโs about double the numbers now. Can you imagine if McCain had won and did precisely what Obama has done, with every speech and every political maneuver overseas? Thereโd be riots in the streets about the people weโre killing. And yet because itโs Obama, and heโs better looking and better at reading the teleprompter, we let him get away with it.
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