Al Franken Quotes

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

Al Franken

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• A lot of guys and people in our society think that chicks just love dudes with money. Chicks love dudes who are successful who happen to have money - do you know what I mean? Chicks are attracted to dudes that are doing their own thing.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • People
  • Money
  • Love

• I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
  • Writing
  • Deep
  • Story

• I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old Dolly Parton records, Kitty Wells and that old stuff. I like country music. I also like Eric Church, who has a great new sound but also holds onto that old sound.

  

  Valerie June
  • Great
  • Music
  • Country

• The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

  

  Halle Berry
  • You
  • First
  • Step

• Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Men
  • Shows
  • Rural

• In my beginning is my end.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Beginning
  • End

• But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.

  

  Jacky Ickx
  • Present
  • Better
  • Tension

• I do comedy at a lot of colleges, and at the end of those shows, I take time to be a little more real with audiences. I try to inspire them to follow their dreams. When I was that age, it was incredible to hear stuff like that.

  

  Fortune Feimster
  • Time
  • Real
  • Age

• I'm constantly trying to work on the person that I am and work on my shortcomings, and I guess I want people to know that it's ok to be a work in progress, as long as you keep trying to figure it out. But that search and that discovery is what makes life kind of rich, and it's what makes life rich... period.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Remember
  • Law
  • Fall

• I met Powel Crosley at an All-Star Game in 1935. He was familiar, of course, with our winning record at Rochester. We seemed to hit it off immediately, and the following year, when he was looking for a successor to Larry MacPhail, he thought of me.

  

  Warren Giles
  • Game
  • Star
  • Winning

• In India, it's a matter of fact that a girl child is seen as a liability. Probably the only expectation is that you grow up to a presentable young woman who can get a decent spouse.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Up
  • Girl
  • Woman

• Eating is my main hobby now, and most of what I do on the weekend revolves around that.

  

  Daniel Bruhl
  • Now
  • Weekend
  • Eating

• I want people to be happy.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • People
  • Happy
  • Be Happy

• Every vote counts and every vote must be counted.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Vote
  • Counts
  • Counted

• The people who harvest America's food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • People
  • America
  • Food

• You don't go to church and tell the choir how to sing if you're a visitor.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • You
  • Church
  • Go

• It is better to live rich than to die rich.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Live
  • Die
  • Better

• I'm quite a good reader of people; I like to meet people, and I can tell if they're lying or not, and I've certainly had interviews with people in this radio show I've done that swear they've seen things or have had bizarre experiences with creatures, and so I think they're telling the truth.

  

  Rhys Darby
  • Lying
  • Shows
  • Radio

• To disbelieve in marriage is easy: to love a married woman is easy; but to betray a comrade, to be disloyal to a host, to break the covenant of bread and salt, is impossible.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Love
  • Marriage
  • Woman

• If, in 2014, we're still making 'white savior movies,' then it's just lazy and unfortunate. We've grown up as a country, and cinema should be able to reflect what's true. And what's true is that black people are the center of their own lives and should tell their own stories from their own perspectives.

  

  Ava DuVernay
  • People
  • Up
  • Country

• I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing.

  

  Sarah Vowell
  • Coffee
  • Drink
  • Motto

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

  

  Al Franken