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
Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.
I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood.
I love having ten times as much stuff to do as I can possibly find time to do. That way, I can pick the one-tenth that I want to do most. But if I only have enough to just occupy all my time, I'm stuck doing all of whatever stuff it happens to be.
Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.
An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.
The magnitude of an action may change not only the strength of its impact, but the direction. If you became a dentist, for example, you would certainly be an asset to our society. But what if everyone became a dentist? Who would bake the bread? Who would build the houses?
Try square dancing-at least long enough to no longer feel silly and begin to have fun.
Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron.
Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head.
Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors.
Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
If you never heard opportunity knock, maybe you're never at home.