Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.
Marilyn vos Savant
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
Playwright
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
First
Exception
Neighbor
Quiet
Least
Alerting
Situation
Hiccup
Able
Hiccups
Firsts
Silently
Without
Neighbors
More quotes by Marilyn vos Savant
Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
Marilyn vos Savant
Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
Marilyn vos Savant
Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.
Marilyn vos Savant
If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
Marilyn vos Savant
The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
Marilyn vos Savant
Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.
Marilyn vos Savant
Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
Marilyn vos Savant
I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood.
Marilyn vos Savant
I believe that one becomes stronger emotionally by taking life less personally. If your employer criticizes your report, don't take it personally. Instead, find out what's needed and fix it. If your girlfriend laughs at your tie, don't take it personally. Find another tie or find another girlfriend.
Marilyn vos Savant
Ultimately, our future is like a mirror. Whenever we face it, it always reflects what we left behind.
Marilyn vos Savant
A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.
Marilyn vos Savant
An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
Marilyn vos Savant
Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.
Marilyn vos Savant
A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.
Marilyn vos Savant
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
You're who you think you are, even if you never admit it to yourself or to anyone else. You may be in the worst position to judge, but you're in the best position to know.
Marilyn vos Savant
Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process.
Marilyn vos Savant
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.
Marilyn vos Savant
Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.
Marilyn vos Savant
Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them
Marilyn vos Savant