I love acting, truly my favorite people are actors.


Sean Penn

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When 9/11 hit, the second thing I said to myself was, 'This really is what religious people do.&...
PENN JILLETTE
Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty.
PENN JILLETTE
I think one of the things about Donald Trump that's interesting is he lives in a rarified atmosp...
PENN JILLETTE
I'm a big fan of gospel music, and you cannot be a fan of rock and roll, you cannot be a fan of ...
PENN JILLETTE
If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.
WILLIAM PENN
They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, not Justice
WILLIAM PENN
Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memo...
PENN JILLETTE
I think the media spends a lot of time fooling itself.
PENN JILLETTE
America was founded on Christians not trusting each other, and they sometimes seemed more willing to...
PENN JILLETTE
'Psycho' is fascinating philosophically, because the point of 'Psycho' is that every...
PENN JILLETTE
To delay justice, is injustice.
WILLIAM PENN
Freedom means the freedom to be stupid, and that's what I want.
PENN JILLETTE
As Love ought to bring them together, so it is the best Way to keep them well together.
WILLIAM PENN
If there be three distinct and separate Persons, then three distinct and separate Substances. . . . ...
WILLIAM PENN
Equivocation is half-way to lying, and lying the whole way to hell
WILLIAM PENN
Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is th...
WILLIAM PENN
The one kind of person I have a lot of trouble understanding is the kind of person that says the exi...
PENN JILLETTE
The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people. He’s about double...
PENN JILLETTE
Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird ki...
PENN JILLETTE
I started out as a juggler, so I know what it means to spend eight hours a day, seven days a week pr...
PENN JILLETTE
I like things matching. I have an upright bass, a drum kit and a grand piano that's the same col...
PENN JILLETTE
Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
WILLIAM PENN
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
WILLIAM PENN
What we've seen over the past few months is a very gradual recovery in retail sales. We're likely to...
MICHAEL PENN
Retail sales have shown tentative signs of a modest recovery from weak levels, but in our view a con...
MICHAEL PENN