Occupation: United States Senator Birth: May 21, 1951
I'm for Israel's right to exist..
My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett..
When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation..
When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices. You might not like that Facebook shares your polit….
I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens..
Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him..
We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk ….
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. After my va….
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 i….
My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman. We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren't ri….
I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff tha….
I think Hell exists on Earth. It's a psychological state, or it can be a physical state. People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People wh….
When you live in New York, one of two things happen - you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from..
Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn't been a satirist or a political satirist who's done that. So, that really was uncharted territory d….
Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum..
And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more ….
Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without stress..
My parents didn't make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate - he didn't have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentiall….
He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber..
Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran. But when the vetera….
I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me..