More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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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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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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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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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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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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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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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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 am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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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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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they’d get along OK, but they’d both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.”
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Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
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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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Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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