Al Franken Quotes

I'm going to do the time and I am going to do it the right way

It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me.

At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time to do anything but work.

One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.

I like being a mother, and I want to be involved in my work, so I have to make choices. If you're a film actress, your career is from 20 to 45, but you can still dream.

All of us have made mistakes in our lives, but only some of us have had to pay for the mistakes. [By going to jail.]

Having a family has made a huge difference in the roles I take, so doing a show in L.A. is a huge factor.

It's a monstrous idea to put people in prison and keep them there.

Because my career is so important, I think I make a lot of - I wouldn't call them sacrifices, but just concessions for my job. I love what I do, and I want to do it for a long time.

Your job, what you do every day, I think it takes a high priority over anything. That was something I dedicated myself to throughout my career.

I'm trying to have a family and a career.

The prison systems in this country actually are exploitative and they are not in any way rehabilitative.

The criminal left belongs not in a dormitory, but in a penitentiary.

Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.

This is serious, if Martha gets the maximum sentence on all counts, she could serve 20 years in prison. Of course, you have to take off time off for good behavior, which means 20 years in prison.

Until you're grown-up they send you to reform school. After you're grown-up they send you to the penitentiary.

I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.

One of the mistakes women have made is to romanticize life in the rose-covered cottage and then, discovering their error, proceed to romanticize life in the working world.

Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.

Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable.

Liberty is a dearly bought commodity and prisons are factories where it is manufactured.

I'm getting bigger roles, and I'm on location more, and I have a wife and family. I'd rather work less, and I've started to implement that. It was either that or my wife would break my heart.

Prison is where you promise yourself the right to live.

Never look for your work in one place and your progress in another.

I feel like I'm at a level in my business where I've established myself as a professional. And the one thing I haven't managed to do is find a way to achieve a better balance.