--- title: "11 Want Quotes By Al Franken" description: "11 Want quotes by Al Franken. Plus more from Al Franken and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/al-franken-1407_change_if-someone-hacks-your-password-you-can-c_2654590.png" --- > [If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/if-someone-hacks-your-password-you-can-change-it-as-many-times-as-you-2/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/al-franken-1407_change_if-someone-hacks-your-password-you-can-c_2654590.png) > [“WHAT DO WE WANT?! PATIENCE! WHEN DO WE WANT IT?! NOW!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/what-do-we-want-patience-when-do-we-want-it-now/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a99/al-franken-1407_funny_what-do-we-want-patience-when-do-we-want_1199725.png) > [I want a president who can handle a cream soda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/i-want-a-president-who-can-handle-a-cream-soda/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/al-franken-1407_cream_i-want-a-president-who-can-handle-a-crea_2304733.png) > [I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/i-want-to-reclaim-liberal-i-m-a-liberal-and-i-think-most-americans/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/al-franken-1407_liberal_i-want-to-reclaim-liberal-i-m-a-liberal_8350.png) > [Today I will masterbate! Okay, that was a mistake. I should have written "Today I will masterbate--if I want to!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/today-i-will-masterbate-okay-that-was-a-mistake-i-should-have-written/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/al-franken-1407_failure_today-i-will-masterbate-okay-that-was-a_3204138.png) > [Progressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/progressives-in-a-way-are-the-new-conservatives-we-want-to-conserve/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/al-franken-1407_conservatives_progressives-in-a-way-are-the-new-conser_518147.png) > [If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want. You can't change your fingerprints. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/if-someone-hacks-your-password-you-can-change-it-as-many-times-as-you/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/al-franken-1407_can-t-change_if-someone-hacks-your-password-you-can-c_1462829.png) > [I've never understood why we would want to deny all the joys - and the challenges - of marriage to anyone. Which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/i-ve-never-understood-why-we-would-want-to-deny-all-the-joys-and-the/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/al-franken-1407_able_i-ve-never-understood-why-we-would-want_592533.png) > [If you want a free email service that doesn't use your words to target ads to you, you'll have to figure out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/if-you-want-a-free-email-service-that-doesn-t-use-your-words-to/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/al-franken-1407_ads_if-you-want-a-free-email-service-that-do_2780708.png) > [You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/you-have-to-love-your-country-like-an-adult-loves-somebody-not-like-a/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/al-franken-1407_adults_you-have-to-love-your-country-like-an-ad_27388.jpg) > [Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/asking-the-question-whether-the-mainstream-media-has-a-liberal-or/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/al-franken-1407_al-qaeda_asking-the-question-whether-the-mainstre_3085530.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Al Franken > [I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/i-want-to-reclaim-liberal-i-m-a-liberal-and-i-think-most-americans/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [“The Democratic Senator’s Serenity Prayer God Grant Me the Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Legislate The Courage to Legislate the Things I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/the-democratic-senator-s-serenity-prayer-god-grant-me-the-serenity-to/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [I'm for Israel's right to exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/i-m-for-israel-s-right-to-exist/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/you-have-to-love-your-country-like-an-adult-loves-somebody-not-like-a/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [Antitrust law isn't about protecting competing businesses from each other, it's about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/antitrust-law-isn-t-about-protecting-competing-businesses-from-each/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/putin-has-had-many-positive-experiences-working-with-western/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/i-m-crushed-by-the-responsibility-of-writing-a-satirical-book/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [“right wing’s most common techniques—including the deceptive use of statistics.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/right-wing-s-most-common-techniques-including-the-deceptive-use-of/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/i-know-i-have-an-awful-lot-to-learn-from-the-people-of-minnesota/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/apple-has-long-been-a-leading-innovator-of-mobile-technology-i-myself/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/i-am-a-minnesotan-and-not-just-because-i-root-for-the-vikings-and-the/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/my-dad-didn-t-graduate-from-high-school-ended-up-being-a-printing/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [“As the polls began closing in the East, with states like New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Virginia going for Barack Obama, it was quickly becoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/as-the-polls-began-closing-in-the-east-with-states-like-new-hampshire/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/net-neutrality-isn-t-a-government-takeover-of-the-internet-as-many-of/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) > [Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn't mean that you can't do something else and also make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/demagoguery-sells-and-therefore-radio-stations-will-put-it-on-but/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/al-franken/#itemlist", "name": "11 Want Quotes By Al Franken", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Al Franken" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/if-someone-hacks-your-password-you-can-change-it-as-many-times-as-you-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/al-franken-1407_change_if-someone-hacks-your-password-you-can-c_2654590.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/al-franken-1407_change_if-someone-hacks-your-password-you-can-c_2654590.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/al-franken-1407_change_if-someone-hacks-your-password-you-can-c_2654590.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want.” — Al Franken", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“WHAT DO WE WANT?! 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