Writer · American · b. 1946 · 87 quotes
Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
Marilyn vos Savant
Writer · American · b. 1946
Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal.
Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.
A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.
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.
Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.
Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.
Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.
Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.
Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.
Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.
Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
Scientists and creationists are always at odds, of course.
Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
Be able to identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight.
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.
What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."
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 difference between talking on your cell phone while driving and speaking with a passenger is huge. The person on the other end of the cell phone is chattering away, oblivious.
Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors.
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.
Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.
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.
