I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
A. J. JACOBSThe Bible talks a lot about thankfulness, and I’m more thankful than I ever was. I try to concentrate on the hundreds of things that go right in a day, instead of the three or four that go wrong.
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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It’s a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn’t about rights. It’s about responsibilities.”–Mr Bill Berkowitz
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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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The Bible talks a lot about thankfulness, and I’m more thankful than I ever was. I try to concentrate on the hundreds of things that go right in a day, instead of the three or four that go wrong.
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My immune system has always been overly welcoming of germs. It’s far too polite, the biological equivalent of a southern hostess inviting y’all nice microbes to stay awhile and have some artichoke dip.
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action–no matter what the action is–might help you feel better.
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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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I found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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Scrabble – The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t really explain why.
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One of the interesting things to me is that God grows throughout the Old Testament. He evolves, sort of matures, and becomes kinder.
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There’s a beauty to forgiveness, especially forgiveness that goes beyond rationality. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great & powerful one
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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It’s just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
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