Quotes by Penn Jillette

"It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people yourself is compassion. Voting for our government to use guns to give money to help poor and suffering people is immoral, self-righteous, bullying laziness."

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"Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion."

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"Freedom means the freedom to be stupid, and that's what I want."

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"My mom, if you asked her if she was interested in whether or not people gambled, would say no."

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