Vos Quotes & Sayings

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. — Marilyn Vos Savant

By raising Christ from death, God as the supreme Judge set his seal to the absolute perfection and completeness of his atoning work. The resurrection is a public announcement to the world that the penalty of death has been borne by Christ to its bitter end and that in consequence the dominion of guilt has been broken, the curse annihilated forever more. — Geerhardus Vos

There are days when I feel I can do anything and days when I feel I can do nothing. But fortunately for those around me, neither sort occurs very often. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head. — 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. — 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

A culture of secrecy is like the bad stench created by cat pee - it is very difficult to get rid of. — Pierre De Vos

The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth. — Marilyn Vos Savant

I would not encourage children or teens to multitask because we don't know where those efforts may lead. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Have you ever noticed that when you must struggle to hear something, you close your eyes? — 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

Divorce sucks. Let me tell you, after five years of marriage, it is devastating to have the person with the good credit move out. — Rich Vos

One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron. — Marilyn Vos Savant

While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying. — Marilyn Vos Savant

When you're in a good mood, bring up the past. When you're in a bad mood, stick to the present. And when you're not feeling emotional at all, it's time to talk about the future. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Sovegna vos.
Here are the years that walk between, bearing
Away the fiddles and the flutes, restoring
One who moves in the time between sleep and waking, wearing
White light folded, sheathed about her, folded.
The new years walk, restoring
Through a bright cloud of tears, the years, restoring
With a new verse the ancient rhyme. Redeem
The time. Redeem
The unread vision in the higher dream
While jewelled unicorns draw by the gilded hearse. — T. S. Eliot

He frowned. "Jedi aren't without emotion. We're allowed to grieve."
"Perhaps," Ventress allowed, "but somehow I don't think most Jedi try to drown the pain with alcohol and slam their fists on the table. — Christie Golden

There's no way to phrase this other than bluntly. Master Vos - the Council wants you to assassinate Count Dooku. — Christie Golden

Be the Author of your own life! — Ursula Kay Vos

In the resurrection there is already wrapped up a judging-process, at least for believers: the raising act in their case, together with the attending change, plainly involves a pronouncement of vindication. The resurrection does more than prepare its object for undergoing the judgement; it sets in motion and to a certain extent anticipates the issue of judgement for the Christian. And it were not incorrect to offset this by saying that the judgement places the seal on what the believer has received in the resurrection. — Geerhardus Vos

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

Magic is that paganistic reversal of the process of religion, in which man, instead of letting himself be used by God for the divine purpose, drags down his god to the level of a tool, which he uses for his own selfish purpose. — Geerhardus Vos

Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad. — Marilyn Vos Savant

A 45-year old looks a lot like a 25-year old who's been out all night. And feels just as good about having survived the experience. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Know how weather, especially humidity, can affect the movement of doors and windows. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It's difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens. — Marilyn Vos Savant

An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own — Marilyn Vos Savant

You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time. — Marilyn Vos Savant

At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since. — Marilyn Vos Savant

I?d rather be rejected than used because they both amount to the same thing in the end, but being used takes a lot longer. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Everybody loves an accent. It you've been unlucky in love, consider pulling up stakes and moving to another country. Then you'll be the one with a neat foreign accent. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Geometry is beautifully logical, and it teaches you how to think and prove that things are so, step by step by step. Proofs are excellent lessons in reasoning. Without logic and reasoning, you are dependent on jumping to conclusions or - worse - having empty opinions. — Marilyn Vos Savant

The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in the latter half of the 14th century. The text is a spiritual guide to contemplative prayer. "Be willing to be blind, and give up all longing to know the why and how, for knowing will be more of a hindrance than a help." This 1912 edition was edited by Evelyn Underhill, and contains her introduction. — Geerhardus Vos

Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward. — 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. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Ultimately, our future is like a mirror. Whenever we face it, it always reflects what we left behind. — Marilyn Vos Savant

The resurrection stands related to righteousness in the same way that death stands related to sin. — Geerhardus Vos

History was like looking into others' lives, learning how they lived, what they did, how they thought, and even how they loved. — Max Vos

I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you by your praises extol to the skies.
[Lat., Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui
Quae vos ad coelum effertis rumore secundo.] — Horace

I am not your kind," Vos said, his voice thick. "I do not feed off vengeance." Truth was quiet. It did not need to shout or to demand. It simply existed. "I am a Jedi. — Christie Golden

A friend is someone who stays by your side all through the troubles he's caused you. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles. — Marilyn Vos Savant

[Adulthood:] It's when you stop doing the stuff you have to make excuses for and when you stop making excuses for the stuff you have to do. — Marilyn Vos Savant

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

Know how to effectively voice a complaint or make a claim at a retail store. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks. — Marilyn Vos Savant

We were also born," Line said abruptly. Mendel questioned her with a look, and Line tried to clarify her thought: "Born, expelled. Russia conceived us, nourished us, made us grow in her darkness, as in a womb; then she had labor pains, contractions, and threw us out; and now here we are, naked and new, like babies just born. Isn't it the same for you?"
"Narische meidele, vos darst do freden?" Mendel rebutted, feeling on his lips and affectionate smile and a light veil over his eyes. — Primo Levi

Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering. — 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

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

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument. — Marilyn Vos Savant

The lower our self-esteem, the more we're attracted to our opposite, and the higher our self-esteem, the more we are attracted to another like ourselves. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity. — Marilyn Vos Savant

People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while. — Marilyn Vos Savant

I want to be motivational and inspirational for everybody: my big aim is more women on bicycles. — Marianne Vos

The best proof that He will never cease to love us lies in that He never began. — Geerhardus Vos

Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Scientists and creationists are always at odds, of course. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Know how to drive safely when it's raining or when it's snowing. The two conditions are different. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Yes. The original argument is defective. Substitute the word 'male' for 'gay,' and you'll see the flaw: 'Male people cannot be normal. If everyone were male starting tomorrow, the human race would die out, so being male cannot be nature's intended way.' Or you could substitute the word 'female.' In either case, the argument makes no sense: Being male or female is perfectly normal. — Marilyn Vos Savant

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

And so we have this Oklahoma City, set upon a foundation so strong that it cannot be shaken. What shall you, the inheritors, do with this city? We hope that you shall make it more and more the city beautiful, more and more the city intellectual, more and more the city spiritual. For these three, beauty, mind, and spirit are the choicest diadems of life.

"Morituri vos salutamus!" Which, in this case, may be translated, "We, the Pioneers, salute you! — Angelo C. Scott

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike. — Marilyn Vos Savant

A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does. — Marilyn Vos Savant

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.' — Marilyn Vos Savant

Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed? — Marilyn Vos Savant

I'm kind of well-known in Holland, which is nice. But in Holland, we're down to earth; there are no paparazzi in my garden and no autograph hunters at the door. We have 'Strictly Come Dancing,' but I've not been asked. — Marianne Vos

Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating. — Marilyn Vos Savant

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

Try square dancing-at least long enough to no longer feel silly and begin to have fun. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Many Jedi would raise eyebrows at the thought of meditating in a bar, but Vos had done it before. — Christie Golden

Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Know how your representatives stand on major national or state issues. — 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

Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. — Marilyn Vos Savant

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

I believe that love
not imitation
is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't. — Marilyn Vos Savant

The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time. — Marilyn Vos Savant

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

Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders. — Marilyn Vos Savant

There prevails still a subtle form of legalism which would rob the Saviour of his crown of glory, earned by the cross, and would make of him a second Moses, offering us the stones of the law instead of the life-bread of the gospel. — Geerhardus Vos

Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side. — 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

Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them. — Marilyn Vos Savant

When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations. — 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