Al Franken Quotes

I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents.

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;

Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.

My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.

Most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time – even when they’re wrong.

And terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.

One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.

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.

If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.

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.