Al Franken Quotes

United States, Comedian
May 21, 1951

Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American comedian, writer, producer, author, and former politician who served as a United States Senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. He became well known in the 1970s and 1980s as a performer on the television comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). After decades as a comedic actor and writer, he became a prominent liberal political activist, hosting The Al Franken Show on Air America Radio.

Also known as Writer, Producer, Author

In the United States of America, satire is protected speech, even if the object of the satire doesn’t get it.

Al Franken
- America
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
- Life
- Mistake

What I do is taking what they say and using it against them. What I do is jujitsu.

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
- Money
Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a 'living' document. But we have a long way to go to get our modern privacy laws in line with modern technology.

Al Franken
- Long
- Why
- American
When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

Al Franken
- Good
- Advice
- Ignore
The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry, which led to many consumers becoming trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.

Al Franken
- Small