Al Franken on asking
Al Franken250 quotes“Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.”
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
Al FrankenAl Franken People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
Al FrankenAl Franken Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
Al FrankenAl Franken But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
Al FrankenAl Franken If someone hacks your password, you can change it – as many times as you want.
Al FrankenAl Franken There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
Al FrankenAl Franken No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
Al FrankenAl Franken The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
Al FrankenAl Franken Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.
Al FrankenAl Franken Technology is an incredible tool – it connects people to each other.
Al FrankenAl Franken Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
Al FrankenAl Franken We need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
Al FrankenAl Franken There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.
Al FrankenAl Franken People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values.
Al FrankenAl Franken Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
Al FrankenAl Franken I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
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Alison ButcherAlison Butcher Abundance is my birthright it starts with harvesting my inner light.
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Sophie AliaSophie Alia Eternity is vague. Let me fill in the blanks with you.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt Action is the key that solves all your problems.
Abel StarcAbel Starc His promises looked so promising that she just ignored the blatant truths.
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There aren’t many downsides to being rich, other than paying taxes and having relatives asking for money. But being famous, that’s a 24 hour job right there.
Bill MurrayBill Murray If a potato can produce vitamin C, why can’t we? Within the animal kingdom only humans and guinea pigs are unable to synthesize vitamin C in their own bodies. Why us and guinea pigs? No point asking. Nobody knows.
Bill BrysonBill Bryson Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
Ben SteinBen Stein Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn’t have religion
Bernice Johnson ReagonBernice Johnson Reagon Asking the right questions is as important as answering them
Benoit MandelbrotBenoit Mandelbrot I’ve learned to ask people, “You’re doing very well so what are you doing? Let me tell other people.” So what’s made me who I am, my experience.
Bernie SiegelBernie Siegel If you are asking me if I would advocate that the Chinese go to greater flexibility in their exchange rate, I certainly would.
Ben BernankeBen Bernanke There is no such thing as a dumb question but there is such a thing as a dumb person asking a question.
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