For 35 years I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them werenโt funny. Some of them werenโt appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive. I understand that.
Al FrankenLiberals don't hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
Al FrankenMy 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.
Al FrankenRussia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
Al FrankenMy spiritual life is... sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don't. When I do have access to it, it's usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do. By best, I mean when I have a real sense of doing the right thing and doing good for people and the connected universe of everybody.
Al Franken