I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing – but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.
A. J. JACOBSI am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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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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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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Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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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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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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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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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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More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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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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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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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 don’t believe that prayers actually change God’s mind – if there is a God – but I liked praying for people in need. It was like moral weightlifting. I tend to be self-obsessed, and it was nice to get out of my brain once in a while.
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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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After a while, if you’re committed, you start to believe in the things in which you’re praying. It’s just cognitive dissonance. You can’t live a completely religious life and not start to have it sink in.
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