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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. — Al Franken

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

If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor. — Al Franken

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

Liberals don't hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly. — Al Franken

Let's keep the Internet weird. Let's keep the Internet free. — Al Franken

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

It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. — Al Franken

In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor. — Al Franken

Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor. — Al Franken

Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other. — Al Franken

Service dogs raise their masters' sense of well-being. — Al Franken

At 'SNL,' I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in '95, I could let my own beliefs out. — Al Franken

Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way. — Al Franken

The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone. — Al Franken

Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum. — Al Franken

Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive. — Al Franken

I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot. — Al Franken

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. — Al Franken

Whining is anger through a small opening. — Al Franken

I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks. — Al Franken

I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent. — Al Franken

Today I will masterbate!
Okay, that was a mistake. I should have written Today I will masterbate
if I want to! — Al Franken

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

I 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. — Al Franken

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both. — Al Franken

I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens. — Al Franken

I'm for Israel's right to exist. — Al Franken

If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it'd be a travesty. — Al Franken

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

Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without stress. — Al Franken

Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee - a tradition I'd like very much to continue. — Al Franken

Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone. — Al Franken

When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota. — Al Franken

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

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

Let's not let the government sell us out. Let's fight for net neutrality. — Al Franken

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

I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me. — Al Franken

When the president during the campaign
said he was against nation building,
I didn't realize he meant our nation. — Al Franken

If you use a cell phone - as I do - your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years. — Al Franken

Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule. — Al Franken

Google might be doping the horses. — Al Franken

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

Technology is an incredible tool - it connects people to each other, creates jobs all over the world, and makes life easier for millions of Americans. — Al Franken

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

We need to prepare our kids for a 21st Century economy, and we're not doing it with our schools. — Al Franken

The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations. — Al Franken

Teen pregnancy went way down in the '90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception. — Al Franken

Progressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build. — Al Franken

Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point. — Al Franken

Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I. — Al Franken

[Bush Hating] undermines the good faith necessary for democratic discussion. Which is a large part of what people like Al Franken are all about. — Andrew Sullivan

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. — Al Franken

There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business. — Al Franken

My daughter became a teacher right out of college. — Al Franken

I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve. — Al Franken

We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science. — Al Franken

My dad was a terrible businessman. — Al Franken

I want a president who can handle a cream soda. — Al Franken

I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit. — Al Franken

Gary Bauer is a very good - he's a good friend of mine. — Al Franken

Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged. — Al Franken

I just can't sit still and meditate; that doesn't kind of work for me. I don't even know exactly what it means. — Al Franken

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

Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers ... Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation. — Al Franken

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. — Al Franken

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor. — Al Franken

I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals. — Al Franken

Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet. — Al Franken

If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want. — Al Franken

One thing I've noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides. — Al Franken

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

I'm a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I'll never stop. — Al Franken

I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people. — Al Franken

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

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

Antitrust law isn't about protecting competing businesses from each other, it's about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public. — Al Franken

As Al Franken has demonstrated, liberals give lousy talk radio. — L. Neil Smith

I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam. — Al Franken

I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation. — Al Franken

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

It's really building Air America that I'm focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show. — Al Franken

I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent. — Al Franken

You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret. — Al Franken

WHAT DO WE WANT?! PATIENCE! WHEN DO WE WANT IT?! NOW! — Al Franken

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

I've spent my entire career being a satirist. — Al Franken

He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber. — Al Franken

It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you. — Al Franken