Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
“If your head tells you one thing and your heart tells you another ,before you do anything,you should first decide wether you have a… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.' — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
It is a lot easier to prove that you don't love someone than it is to prove that you do, but one of the… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
I suspect that some apparently homosexual people are really heterosexuals who deeply phobic about the opposite sex or have other emotional problems. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
A friend is someone who stays by your side all through the troubles he's caused you. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
Loving behavior contributes to the group at the expense of the individual. Competition contributes to the survival of the individual at the expense of… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share
At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good — Marilyn Vos Savant Copy Share
