When I was with the serpent-handlers in Tennessee, it was the most bizarre method of worship I could think of. Yet when you sit with these people, you can kind of see how it makes sense.
A. J. JACOBSI’ve never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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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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Since I was relatively new to the Bible, I was surprised by the Old Testament God. He’s wrathful, but at other times, He’s incredibly compassionate. He’s not a one-dimensional figure at all.
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How do you gag the voice in your head that says, ‘You don’t have to [do it] today. There’s always tomorrow.’?
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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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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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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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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 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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I was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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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’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.
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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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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 love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset – and sandals – of my forefathers.
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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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