Al Franken (b. 1951)

Alan Stuart Franken is an American politician, comedian, screenwriter, and actor who served from 2009 until his resignation in 2018 as a United States senator from Minnesota. A member of the Democratic Party, he worked as an entertainer, appearing on television and in films, before entering politics.

Quotes

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.

Mistakes
When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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.
It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.