My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
AL FRANKENI’m for Israel’s right to exist.
More Al Franken Quotes
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The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.
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Most Americans don’t think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.
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I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
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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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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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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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Google might be doping the horses.
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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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It’s really building Air America that I’m focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
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