198 Quotes by Marilyn Vos Savant

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

You can’t be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise.

If you never heard opportunity knock, maybe you’re never at home.

An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

A friend is someone who stays by your side all through the troubles he’s caused you.

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.

Although spoken English doesn’t obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn’t know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage.

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.