Mike Birbiglia

Laugh-out-loud funny, introspective, and observant.

See also: Someone Could Get Hurt by Drew Magary

Quotes

We joke about thing we are most anxious about to defuse the anxiety of the actual threat. (70)

What does it mean to be a decent neighbor?
I think part of it is just listening to people in the context in which they intend their words. (73)

We all ask for things in ways we understand and expect other people to understand, instead of entering their perspective. (90-91)

"An Infant Reaches"
An infant reaches for something (I don't know what)
--pushes it farther away and cries in frustration each
time she reaches without realizing she is crawling
for the first time.
She is like her father. (161)

I think sometimes comedians are able to tell the truth about things other people won't talk about. (192)

"The Now-Clock"
The now-clock is the clock of a toddler in which
every number is replaced by the word "now" and
the hands of the now are always pointed directly
at the now or between two nows. (217)… (mehr)