I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
AL FRANKENThere’s no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity.
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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.
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Too many people don’t protect their smartphones with a password or PIN.
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
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The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
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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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Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
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The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it – politics – was important… that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
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People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
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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.
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Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.
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You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay.
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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It’s not preppies, cause I’m a preppie myself. I just don’t like homosexuals. If you ask me, they’re all homosexuals in the Pudding. Hey, I was glad when that Pudding homosexual got killed in Philadelphia.
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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.
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We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
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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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