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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Penn and Teller Quotes

Penn & Teller are a two-man magic and comedy team, Penn Fraser Jillette (born 5 March 1955) and Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller, 14 February 1948).

Here are some notable quotes...

Teller in Pete Moss Interview (21 March 2001): "The idea of mind-altering substances gives me the willies. Fill your tank with nitro, the car goes fast, sure, but not far."

Penn Jillette in "This I Believe," Morning Edition. NPR. WVGR, Grand Rapids. 21 November 2005 (NPR : There is no God): This I believe: I believe there is no god.

from Bullshit!: "You don't heal a broken heart by pretending it's not broken." – #1-1 "Talking to the Dead"
"Naked people are their own reward." – #1-6 "Sex, Sex, Sex"

"When (Norman Borlaug) won the Nobel Prize in 1970, they said he had saved a billion people. That's BILLION. 'BUH!' That's Carl Sagan billion with a 'B'. And most of them were of different race from him. Norman is the greatest human being. And you've probably never heard of him." – #1-11 "Eat This!"

"We can't start getting picky because we've got enough food, that's just self-centered and racist. Unless you and yours are starving, YOU need to SHUT - THE FUCK - UP!" – #1-11 "Eat This!"

Penn: "We wouldn't do anything to this animal that we wouldn't do to ourselves." (Penn applies a branding iron to Teller's right buttock.) Teller: "MotherFUCKER!" Penn: "Hey, what d'ya know, Dave, he can talk!" – #2-1 "P.E.T.A."

"This is drugs....and these are your civil liberties—AND THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT." (Penn in a steam roller crushes the pan representing drugs and all the eggs with civil liberties written on them.) "Any questions?" – #2-4 "War on Drugs"

"It's fair to say that the Bible contains equal parts of fact, history, and pizza." – #2-6 "The Bible: Fact or Fiction?"

(From The Simpsons episode "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder".)
Teller: "Will you get off the stage!"
Homer Simpson: "Hey, I thought you didn't talk."
Teller: (nervous) "Well, I didn't mean to...it slipped out. Oh, now Penn's gonna beat me...I'm not the first Teller."

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