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Marilyn vos Savant
10 quotes
“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”
Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Perfectionism : What's Bad About Being Too Good? (1987) by Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg, p. 85
“The original answer defines certain conditions, [...] Anything else is a different question.”
Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Regarding ambiguity in her famous statement of the Monty Hall problem. "Ask Marilyn" column, Parade Magazine, 17 February 1991, p. 12.
“Think of a hypothesis as a card. A theory is a house made of hypotheses.”
Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed in Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (1991)
“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 (born 1946) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Reader's Digest (1992) Vol. 140, p. 194
“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.”
Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women (1998) by Autumn Stephens, p. 270
“A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.”
Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in What Type Am I? : Discover Who You Really Are (1998) by Renee Baron, p. 110
“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Courage: the heart and spirit of every woman : reclaiming the forgotten virtue (2001) by Sandra Ford Walston
“A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.”
Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Truth in Words: Inspiring Quotes for the Reflective Mind (2002) by Paras, p. 92
“What women want is what men want. They want respect.”
Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Evergreen : A Guide to Writing with Readings (2003), by Susan Fawcett
“What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from.”
Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, & Brilliant Remarks (2007) by Karen Weekes, p. 173