It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
– Al Franken
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
– Al Franken
Newt Gingrich is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
– Al Franken
The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
– Al Franken
When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
– Al Franken
I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
– Al Franken
Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure.
– Al Franken
We need to be pro-science we have to go back to science.
– Al Franken
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.
– Al Franken
The 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.
– Al Franken
And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it.