I think there are all kinds of different hells. It’s not a place you go to after you die.
AL FRANKENWe need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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If we have George W. Bush as president, we’re going to go back to the kind of policies we had when his father and Ronald Reagan were president.
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But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.
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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
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If someone hacks your password, you can change it – as many times as you want.
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Sometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go.
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I’m a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I’m invited to all the inaugural balls.
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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
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By best, I mean when I have a real sense of doing the right thing and doing good for people and the connected universe of everybody.
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When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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I’ve spent my entire career being a satirist.
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If you control the flow of information, you can control the conversation around important issues. If you can control the conversation, you can change this country.
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We don’t know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
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Whining is anger through a small opening.
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Net neutrality isn’t a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
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Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
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Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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What you see on the campaign trail is me. It’s easy being me.
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Anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user’s date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.
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Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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There’s going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration’s relationship to Russia.
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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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