But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
AL FRANKENThe next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I’m looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
More Al Franken Quotes
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It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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Anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user’s date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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Today I will masterbate! Okay, that was a mistake. I should have written “Today I will masterbate–if I want to!
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Service dogs raise their masters’ sense of well-being.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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There are as many forms of advice as there are colors of the rainbow. Remember that good advice can come from bad people and bad advice from good people.
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National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
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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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There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell.
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My dad was a terrible businessman.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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