A. J. Jacobs Quotes

Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.

...life is all about chances. You might be safer not taking any. But playing it totally safe means you're only existing. Not living. I want to live.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I'd rather be the person that's like, 'I messed up,' than, 'I wish I did that.'

The key to having an interesting life is to always say "yes" to anything crazy.

There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.

It may seem like a big risk to follow your dream, but isn't the greatest risk of all to miss your life?

I try to have the motto of living life with no regrets.

If you want to live your life through to the end, you have to live dangerously.

When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I haven't done it, I'll say yes. Just so I can try something new. You never know what you might like.

The truth is, I like to engage with life fully. Given an opportunity to do something I don't often get a chance to do, I feel the need to try it, even if I suspect I'll make a fool out of myself.

I get one shot at life, and I can say that I've lived a crazy one, and I've pushed the limit almost at every turn, and I'm super proud of that.

I don't keep a Bucket List. I'm open to anything.

I wouldn't call myself an actress, but I at the same time, if there is an opportunity... I believe in taking chances and living your life.

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

Don't overplan your life. Joining Google when I was four months pregnant was a bit of a leap, but sometimes you have to do the right thing for you right now.

Don't think about anything for too long. Even if it's off-the-wall, go for it. You'll have a lot more fun in life.

A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.

Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no

I don't want things that I regret in life, and things that I have not done - and I don't want to at 80 years wake up, and tell myself: 'Oh I was on top of my shape and skills and I didn't do it.'

When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it.

As the seconds of our lives are ticking away, you have to realize that life needs to be an adventure.

I never want to look back on life and say I wish I did something, and I don't want anybody else to do that.

When we stop taking risks, we stop living.

Everything in my life was luck. The key to having an interesting life is to always say "yes" to anything crazy.