Quotes from Marilyn vos Savant

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 describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.

Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.

The only real meaning in life can be found in a good man. And maybe Paris. Preferably the two together.

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.

One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from practice, and persevering.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.

Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.

Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.

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.

If you never heard opportunity knock, maybe you're never at home.

Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.

Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.

Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.

Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.

I suspect that some apparently homosexual people are really heterosexuals who deeply phobic about the opposite sex or have other emotional problems.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal.

Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.

Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.

Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process.