Most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time – even when they’re wrong.
AL FRANKENI believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
More Al Franken Quotes
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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had.
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
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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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The only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.
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The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I’ve had to learn a little bit about it. It’s not rocket science: You get ratings, that’s good.
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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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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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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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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There’s going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration’s relationship to Russia.
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Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.
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Google might be doping the horses.
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