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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.

I've rarely said the word "Lord," unless it's followed by "of the Rings.

will try to find the original intent of the biblical rule or teaching and follow that to the letter.

I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.

I'm hungry enough that I started to salivate at the sight of lettuce. I repeat: lettuce.

I'm addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there's so damn much about myself to improve.

On the bright side, my slightly lower IQ means that I probably have worse recall. Maybe I'll soon forget that I have a depressed IQ.

Back pain is the single most common reason people visit the doctor.

The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.

Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.

Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.

Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It's like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.

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

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.

Behavior shapes emotions.

You tell them you have a hunger and a thirst. You don't sit at the same table but you have a hunger and a thirst.

I like uncovering the cultural prejudices I didn't even know.

I am officially Jewish, but I'm Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.

What seems terrible at first may turn out to be a great thing. You can't predict.

Plus, in one of his e-mails, the guy said he didn't like pancakes. What kind of asshole doesn't like pancakes?

Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that's eating me alive.

Which just goes to prove. Not everybody can be Herman Cappachino. Whatever that means.

More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.

I thought that religion, for all the good it does, seemed too risky for our modern world.

I believe that's a key motivation to creationism: the need to feel less inconsequential.

Patternicity is the idea that humans are really talented at finding nonexistent patterns in random noise.

It's hard to be in a bad mood when you're walking around looking like you're about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon.

It's a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn't about rights. It's about responsibilities.
Mr Bill Berkowitz

Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It's not until the second year that they learn the cures.

I love the way he talks. By the end, perhaps I'll be able to speak in majestic food metaphors like Reverend Richards.

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 fifty-fifty.

I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.

The outer affects the inner.

First impressions are like South American dictators: overly powerful and unreliable.

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 from Drunkopolis.

You cannot stop religion from evolving.

The Bible is so strange, so utterly bizarre, no human brain could have come up with it.

Reading Encyclopaedia Britannica is like channel surfing on a very highbrow cable system.

Why should we always try to be true to our natural selves? What if our natural selves are assholes? Stalin was true to himself

As grandma said, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all

Step back for a minute. Pretend you're from Mars. From a coldly rational point of view, pedestrian helmets aren't a crazy idea.

I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.

I thought religion would eventually wither away and we'd all be worshiping at the altar of science.

I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action
no matter what the action is
might help you feel better.

I don't think I'm in the position to bestow legitimacy on anyone.

My growing collection of facts keeps overlapping with my life.

The literal Greek translation is "school for naked exercise." Which made toweling off the stationary bike even more important.

Paintings! They're like TV, but they don't move.

I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.

I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.

I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life.

One of my biggest challenges is figuring out how to shoehorn my newfound knowledge into conversations.

In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.

Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.

Calling it an experiment gives you permission to fail.

Like God and Duane Reade drugstores, toxins are everywhere.

A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.

Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.

Your next action could change the world, so make it a good one.

The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one.

So, if weight loss is your goal, and you have impressive self-control, raw food is something to consider.

G-rated language is making me a less angry person. Behavior shapes emotion.

I found myself speaking more slowly (in an attempt to obey the Bible in speech), as if I was speaking French instead of English.

It's sort of my job to feel good.