Marilyn vos Savant
Marilyn vos Savant
Marilyn vos Savantis an American who is known for having the highest recorded IQ according to the Guinness Book of Records, a competitive category the publication has since retired. Savant is a magazine columnist, author, lecturer, and playwright. Since 1986, she has written "Ask Marilyn," a Parade magazine Sunday column where she solves puzzles and answers questions on various subjects...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 August 1946
CountryUnited States of America
. . . what women want is what men want. They want respect.
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.
Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.
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.
Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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 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.
The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do.
I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't.
Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.
A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.