Quotes by Marilyn vos Savant

“What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom to and freedom from.”

“The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth”

“A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.”

“Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New Yorks World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.”

“At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. Ive been in a generally good

“. . . what women want is what men want. They want respect.”

What women want is what men want. They want respect.

If your head tells you one thing and your heart tells you another before you do anything you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.

Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesnt. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.

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

Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.

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

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

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.