Painterly sunflower growing beneath a pinned scrap of blue sky and clouds.

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Penn Jillette

I’m not greedy. I have love, blue skies, rainbows, and Hallmark cards, and that has to be enough… It seems just rude to beg the invisible for more.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker claims modesty about wanting more: love, pleasant weather and greeting-card sentiment are plenty. Asking some unseen power for extra seems impolite, almost ungrateful. The tone is dry and gently ironic, mixing real contentment with a skeptical jab at prayer.

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