If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they'd get along OK, but they'd both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.” — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
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. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It's like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes. — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“The key is to pump up your righteous anger and mute your petty resentment. I'll be happy if I can get that balance to… — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving. — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero. — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
I don't believe that prayers actually change God's mind - if there is a God - but I liked praying for people in need.… — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
How do you gag the voice in your head that says, 'You don't have to [do it] today. There's always tomorrow.'? — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
There's a very passionate pro-chewing movement on the Internet called Chewdiasm. They say that we should be chewing 50 to 100 times per mouthful,… — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
I know that history is simultaneously a bloody mess and a collection of feats so inspiring and amazing they make you proud to share… — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
There's a lot of food restriction in the Bible, but it does say you're allowed to eat crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts. I decided to… — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
![“How do you gag the voice in your head that says, 'You don't have to [do it] today. There's always tomorrow.'?” quote by A. J. Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e66/a-j-jacobs-2-13695_gags_how-do-you-gag-the-voice-in-your-head-th_513635.jpg)
