Quotes from Al Franken

My parents didn't make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate - he didn't have a career as such he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.

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

My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.

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

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

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

Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.

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

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

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.

My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home. We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we'd discuss it with our parents.

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

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

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

Whining is anger through a small opening.

In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest. That's bad news for everyone else - and for our democracy itself.

We know that the Russian's interfered in our election and they did it to benefit President Trump. The intelligence agencies confirmed that.

When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn't exist, and we didn't need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.

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

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

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

There's going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration's relationship to Russia.

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

I listen to NPR when I listen to the radio, but I don't listen to the radio that much. You know, I listen to Garrison Keillor, I listen to 'Prairie Home Companion.'