Mike Birbiglia Quotes

Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea.

Mike Birbiglia

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GreatPeopleWantThingsDecent

I think that if you make a strong statement of principle, even if the folks disagree with you, people will respect you for it.

Joe Klein

RespectPeopleStrongThinkYou

I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops.

Jeffrey Wright

GenerationLikeContemporaryMost

They want to wipe - in fact, the Democrat Party in their own platform last year wiped even - any reference to God completely from their platform.

John Fleming

GodYearPartyWantOwnDemocrat

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

John Morley

LawProcessEvolutionForceCause

I think of the nudes as seed pods, like flowers or grasses. They are universal bodies.

Ruth Bernhard

FlowersSeedThinkUniversalLike

Literacy is so much entwined in our lives that we often fail to realize that the act of reading is a miracle that is evolving under our fingertips.

Maryanne Wolf

ReadingRealizeMiracleActFail

You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it.

Miranda Richardson

AttitudeLaughYouLos AngelesYour

I initially wanted to be a teacher, and then I was going to become an engineer and build bridges and highways, but pretty soon I went into the business world. I never did get to be a teacher except in a different way.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

BusinessTeacherWorldBridgesBuild

I don't have a lot of patience for movies that aren't cleanly told.

Jon Favreau

PatienceMoviesLot

Sometimes the best way to make 'em laugh is to show 'em how you honestly feel.

Jon Lovitz

BestFeelLaughYouSometimesWay

Hockey's my favorite sport.

Denis Leary

HockeyFavoriteSport

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

Chinua Achebe

LeadershipDemocracyHealthyEducated

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