Marilyn Vos Savant quotes

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

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.

The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.

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

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

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.