A. J. Jacobs
A. J. Jacobs

I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, of course.

Adam Grant
Adam Grant

Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.

Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan

The only way to have several currencies from divergent nations lumped together is if they are culturally close, such as Germany, the Netherlands and Austria. If they aren't, it simply can't continue to work.

Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings

I find it difficult to believe that God would want us to strip the courts of their powers to interpret the laws of this land, albeit with the divergent opinions. I shudder that my colleagues do not understand the dynamics of the Federal judiciary.

Andrea Jeremiah
Andrea Jeremiah

I was almost on the verge of studying medicine. But then, I realised I would have to give up singing. That is when it dawned on me that I could have a career in music.

Andy Kindler
Andy Kindler

George Lopez is always on the verge of hilarity. If he could ever think of something funny to say, if he had a funny thought in his mind, he's ready to go.

Andy Muschietti
Andy Muschietti

The character of 'Mama' is so ambitious in a way that everything I did was always on the verge of being almost funny. So you have to be very careful with that. It's that sort of face that you don't usually see in horror.

Ansel Elgort
Ansel Elgort

It's important to be a divergent musician and do a little bit of everything, except you have to make sure your fans are aware of it and that you string them along the right way.

Ansel Elgort
Ansel Elgort

In 'Divergent,' the story is about Beatrice Prior, and I play her brother.

Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden

People ask me how could I go from country to jazz. It's been a natural convergence for me.