Quotes by Al Franken

About Al Franken:

Alan Stuart is an American comedian, actor, politician, and writer. He is currently the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He became well known in the 1970s and 1980s as a writer and performer on Saturday Night Live. After several decades as a comedic actor and writer, he became a prominent liberal political activist and was elected to the United States Senate, narrowly defeating incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman in 2008. Franken is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of the Democratic Party.
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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.

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I don't know what happens to you after you die. I'm not banking on there being, like, a heaven.

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I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve.

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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.

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I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

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I don't know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can't see it.

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I couldn't think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow's leaders.

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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.

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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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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I'm happy with it.

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I'm sure I've devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.

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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you're sure of what you're doing and you're working with allies.

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Well, I think that there's a value to comedy in and of itself.

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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.

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If we have George W. Bush as president, we're going to go back to the kind of policies we had when his father and Ronald Reagan were president.

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When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.

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I'm a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I'm invited to all the inaugural balls.

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I'm the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.

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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.

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What you see on the campaign trail is me. It's easy being me.

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I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.

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Author Bio

  • NameAl Franken
  • DescriptionAmerican comedian and politician
  • AliasesAlan Stuart Franken
  • BornMay 21, 1951
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Television Actor; Actor; Film Actor; Politician; Radio Host; Author
  • WorksLies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them
  • AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award