"The sign of a great man is that the closer you get, the greater he seems."

-- Israel Meir Kagan

#Greatness Quotes #Men Quotes #Great Men Quotes

“I never read a self-help book except for the Bible.”
“Look, hasn't my body already felt like the body of a flower?”
“Competition is for the competent.”
“When I see a kid in a movie theater texting, I think it's a failure of the movie. It's not a triumph of the Apple iPhone. It's a failure of Warner Bros. and Sony, and all that, because they haven't kept their attention and challenged them. They're smart little kids that are bored, and I wanted to challenge them.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.”
“Current intelligence-testing practices require examinees to answer but not to pose questions. In requiring only the answering of questions, these tests are missing a vital half of intelligence- the asking of questions...”
“It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.707, Simon and Schuster
“In what other sport do you get a 15-second break every hour?”

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