Penn Jillette Quotes

A fundamental lesson on being fired: Never lie about it. People will know what you're saying is a cover-up for how you really feel - embarrassed, discouraged, and afraid.

It's definitely a tough blow to your morale to get fired.

Getting fired was always a big deal to me. It's a bit like having someone break up with you.

Every time you walk down the street people are screaming, 'You're fired!'

I was fired as an actor on 'Bosch.'

I was probably scarred by getting the sack at Middlesbrough.

When you're fired, you're rejected. It's as simple as that.

Being fired from a show - being fired in any way, in any instance, any business - is just hard.

I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody.

I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch.

There's nothing wrong with being fired.

So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish.

I've never been fired in my life.

In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers.

It's not an easy thing to be let go.

I am still in shock and awe at being fired.

You can get fired from any job at any time.

I've been fired five times for having a bad attitude.

It's always a little bit personal when your work is cut down for whatever reason.

There is no way, if I was running ABC, I would have kept me on the air.

Everybody who's been fired has heard before about the problems they have. They just don't know it's that serious. Once you know what the stakes are, you become more serious.

When Buddy Ryan cut me, my wife was pregnant.

When I got dropped, no one really wanted to work with me... I felt like my career was over and I didn't really know what to do.

After a couple of years, in 2010, Ring Of Honor went through a shift in management, and the people that came in and took over kind of decided that they wanted to push me out. They weren't fans.

Believe me, it's always a lot harder on the guy getting fired.