I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
A. J. JACOBSI was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It’s like, it’s really bad. It’s like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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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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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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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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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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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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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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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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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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I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
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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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Behavior shapes emotions.
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