Words matter. These are the best Marilyn vos Savant Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don’t know the cause.
Know how to drive safely when it’s raining or when it’s snowing. The two conditions are different.
Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
Be able to recognize when you’re reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
Have you ever noticed that when you must struggle to hear something, you close your eyes?
Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal.
At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I’ve been in a generally good mood ever since.
Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.
A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.
Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway.
I suspect that some apparently homosexual people are really heterosexuals who deeply phobic about the opposite sex or have other emotional problems.
I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality.
The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn’t. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn’t embarrassed that he or she asked.
Experts say you can’t concentrate on more than one task at a time.
I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality.
Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news.
Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.
Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.
Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.
A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.
Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.
Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news.
Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.
Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.
If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.
While you’re writing, you can’t concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Know how weather, especially humidity, can affect the movement of doors and windows.
Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don’t have time to read.
If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.
Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you.
Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.
Know how your representatives stand on major national or state issues.
Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.
Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
I would not encourage children or teens to multitask because we don’t know where those efforts may lead.
Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors.
Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process.
Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It’s not because they taste best.
A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.
Know how to effectively voice a complaint or make a claim at a retail store.
Know how to drive safely when it’s raining or when it’s snowing. The two conditions are different.
Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.
Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?
Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
Experts say you can’t concentrate on more than one task at a time.
Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.
Know how weather, especially humidity, can affect the movement of doors and windows.
Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Know how to behave at a fine restaurant, which is a telltale measure of social maturity.
Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.
Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don’t have time to read.
Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them.
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business – the gambler always loses over the long term.
Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.
Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
Although spoken English doesn’t obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn’t know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage.
Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.
Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.
Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.
The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.
The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time.
Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood.
Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much.
Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before.
Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.
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