Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news

I believe a 'talented' person is one who has learned how to effectively cultivate and polish any of the many desirable capabilities with which most of us are born but few of us nurture.

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

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

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.

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.

Know how weather, especially humidity, can affect the movement of doors and windows.