“Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.” WorldTryingNew YorkWalkingSkillsTradeTwinsTowersWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterTwin Towers Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.” TryingPersonsThreeSixBalls Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“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.” TryingChildrenDoneHomeAttentionHalfOfficeConstantDevicesDozenSmall ChildElectronic Devices Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children] is compulsory schooling...and that children are sitting there and they are taught and told what to believe. They are passive from the very beginning, and one must be very, very aggressive intellectually to have a high IQ [...] the child is taught. Right from the beginning, it's a passive process. He or she sits there, and they simply try to believe everything they're told.” ThinkingTryingBelieveChildrenProblemProcessTaughtSittingIntelligentAggressivePassiveSchoolingCompulsoryIntelligent Child Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time.” TryingDoneLiteratureHalfTasksDozenAgain And Again Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“Try square dancing-at least long enough to no longer feel silly and begin to have fun.” FeelsTryingLongEnoughFunDancingSillyHaving FunSquares Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron.” MenInspirationalTryingRemoveArticlesClothingsAprons Author:Marilyn vos Savant