Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
AL FRANKENWell, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
More Al Franken Quotes
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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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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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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All concluded that Russia did in fact interfere in the 2016 election in order to, quote, help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton.
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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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I’m sure I’ve devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.
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There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
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Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.
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I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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If Republicans eliminate Medicare, America will become a country in which you can never retire – and once you physically can no longer work, you are desperately poor until you die.
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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.
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