The only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.
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More Al Franken Quotes
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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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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 want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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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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But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the Electoral College. ‘That worked for everyone else,’ God said.
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Teen pregnancy went way down in the ’90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception.
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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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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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