B.J. Penn Quotes

My whole family is missing that sports gene. I hope I didn't screw that up by marrying a great golfer.

My love of computers, besides being practical, is very direct and visceral. I love the way things look on the screen.

I think people under age 55 come to Vegas with a certain sense of irony.

I'm an amazing mama's boy.

If you like the stuff I do, my chances of liking you go up.

I don't want anyone as president who promises to take care of me. I may be stupid, but I want a chance to try to be a grown-up and take care of my family.

Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense.

I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.

I'm a huge Woody Allen fan. Good movie, bad movie, it doesn't matter - I just like his movies.

Technology adds nothing to art.

Cars mean nothing to me. I'm not a car guy.

My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair.

To drive a car in rural America is freedom. Before I had a car, I'd never seen a rock and roll show, I'd never seen a comic or a show.

I always gave it the best shot I had, whether it went my way or not that night.

People could connect with me... I think the appeal was that, "Here he is, he's just a normal guy like us, and he's giving it his all".

The next evolution of content marketing is not more content; it's better distribution.

I love telling stories; I always have, and I think women need to be more proactive about telling their own stories and sharing their points of view. So that's definitely a goal for me.

I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children.

To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: Be careful.

I think the media loves taking the most absurd clips for a sport that has become congressional politics.

I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.

The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's how are your parents doing.

Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.

In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.

Being human is overrated.

Winning Democratic primaries is not a qualification or a sign of who can win the general election. If it were, every nominee would win because every nominee wins Democratic primaries.

What if I were Romeo in black jeans?

As an actor, being in a relationship you have this opportunity to have something really exceptional, because you don't have a regimented schedule or lifestyle.

I just think that the way the industry is changing and the world is changing, it might make more sense in two years for bands to have a different band name every time.

It's incredible to be young and live here and not have to clean up your dorm room.

Hypocrisy is annoying but not evil. Someone who says one thing and does another has doubled their chances of being half right.

Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance.

We all have friends we love dearly that couldn't pass for human in a strict Turing test.

You can't stop insane people from doing insane things with insane laws. That's insane!

I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.

A famous monk once said, I don't always know what the right thing to do is, my Lord, but I think the fact that I want to please you pleases you.

It seems just rude to beg the invisible for more.

Read everything and be kind.

My whole take on libertarianism is simply that I don't know what's best for other people.

If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means.

I think the media spends a lot of time fooling itself.

Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.

I don't travel in circles where people say, 'I have faith, I believe this in my heart and nothing you can say or do can shake my faith.' That's just a long-winded religious way to say 'Shut up.'

The most important part of life is work, it's the flow, it's getting stuff done, feeling like you're doing something.

It's only the losers named Dave that think having an unusual name is bad, and who cares what they think. They're named Dave.

Jay-Z, he knows precisely who he's going for - 14-year-old white suburban girls.

Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you're manipulating objects, not people. And that's always appealed to me.

Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.

For better or worse, in the 21st century, reality shows are the variety show.

It is really funny to see people that you know acting unpleasantly just because there are TV cameras on.