Quote by A.J. Jacobs Download Open image ““What seems terrible at first may turn out to be a great thing. You can't predict.”” — A.J. Jacobs ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“In a low state of mind, everything seems really bad and worse than it probably is.” — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
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“have a horrible presentiment that something of the kind may happen to me.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I have experienced many terrible things in my life, and some of them have actually happened.” — Elizabeth Helen Ivory Copy Share Image
“The worst, it turns out, is always the thing you feel before the worst happens.” — Joselin Linder Copy Share Image
“To properly engage in magical thinking, I find you have to think of every possible ghastly scenario. That's the only way you outsmart fate.” — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“I was smart enough to know that I shouldn't tell anyone the reason I needed that icy air. No need to spill the secret… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“I'm hungry enough that I started to salivate at the sight of lettuce. I repeat: lettuce.” — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“When I get it home and start to read it, the first thing I notice is that Warren has copyrighted the phrase “Purpose-driven.” It… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“How do you gag the voice in your head that says, 'You don't have to go to the gym today. There's always tomorrow. C'mon,… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Back to the books. The world’s largest bell was built in 1733 in Moscow, and weighed in at more than four hundred thousand pounds.… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“If the Britannica has taught me anything, it's to be more careful. I don't want to turn into an unseemly noun or verb or… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“That's what I've noticed in my experiments: almost everything in life is a self-fulfilling prophecy .Probably even believing in self-fulfilling prophecies is a self-fulfilling… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Mr. Berkowitz clicks open his black American Tourister rolling suitcase. Inside, his tools: a microscope, an old canister with the faded label “vegetable flakes,”… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Maybe taming my tongue will be good for me in the end. But it's pretty hard when you've got a world filled with idiots… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
