Al Franken on comedian
“My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.”
More Al Franken quotes
We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
Al FrankenAl Franken When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.
Al FrankenAl Franken The news movement conservatives that are just laying out, slathering out the disinformation and the lies, as I discuss in my book, ‘Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.’
Al FrankenAl Franken Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate.
Al FrankenAl Franken My spiritual life is… sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don’t. When I do have access to it, it’s usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do.
Al FrankenAl Franken Liberals don’t hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
Al FrankenAl Franken You can’t change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
Al FrankenAl Franken The way I see it, I’m not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I’m going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
Al FrankenAl Franken The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
Al FrankenAl Franken I don’t consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you’re writing well or performing well or doing whatever you do well.
Al FrankenAl Franken I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
Al FrankenAl Franken I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
Al FrankenAl Franken Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
Al FrankenAl Franken Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
Al FrankenAl Franken And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
Al FrankenAl Franken I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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