Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
AL FRANKENWe basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It’s just hard to get comfortable with Gore.
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I mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
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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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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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I don’t think I’m an angry person. I think I’m a person who’s angry. I’m angry at the Bush administration;
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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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We don’t know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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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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Russia has a strategy of creating the conditions that give rise to corruption, then exploiting that corruption to its own benefit.
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Google’s screen for privacy settings does give you more options for what you share than Apple’s does. But it’s not a complete list, and people aren’t aware of whether or not that information will go to a third party.
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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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