It’s a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn’t about rights. It’s about responsibilities.”–Mr Bill Berkowitz
A. J. JACOBSI know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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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 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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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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I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
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Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It’s not until the second year that they learn the cures.
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I’ve never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.
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I prefer the earlier birth control techniques, which ranged from the delicious (using honey as a spermicide) to the aerobic (jumping backward seven times after coitus).
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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
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It’s hard to be in a bad mood when you’re walking around looking like you’re about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon.
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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There’s something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.
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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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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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