“I know the name of Turkey's leading avant-guard publication. I know that John Quincy Adams married for money. I know that Bud Abbott was a double-crosser, that absentee ballots are very popular in Ireland, and that dwarves have prominent buttocks.” — A.J. Jacobs 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
“What seems terrible at first may turn out to be a great thing. You can't predict.” — 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
“The literal Greek translation is “school for naked exercise.” Which made toweling off the stationary bike even more important.” — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“The Bible is right: A deluge of images does encourage idolatry. Look at the cults of personality in America today. Look at Hollywood. Look… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
