I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
AL FRANKENTo ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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Service dogs raise their masters’ sense of well-being.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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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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We need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. ‘It’s a job, Al,’ Guy told me. ‘We work at it every day.’
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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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Liberals don’t hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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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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