Мэрилин вос Савант цитаты

„Я думаю, что одной из проблем [с воспитанием умных детей в современном обществе] является обязательное школьное образование… и что дети сидят там, и их учат и говорят, во что верить; они пассивны с самого начала - и нужно быть очень, очень агрессивно интеллектуально, чтобы иметь высокий IQ […] ребенок с самого начала - это пассивный процесс. Он или она сидит там, и они просто пытаются верить всему, что им говорят?“

—  Мэрилин вос Савант

„Чтобы получить знания, нужно учиться; но чтобы обрести мудрость, нужно наблюдать.“

—  Мэрилин вос Савант

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

—  Marilyn vos Savant

As quoted in Courage: the heart and spirit of every woman : reclaiming the forgotten virtue (2001) by Sandra Ford Walston

„I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children in modern society] 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 isRight from the beginning, it's a passive process. He or she sits there, and they simply try to believe everything they're told?“

—  Marilyn vos Savant

„I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't.“

—  Marilyn vos Savant

„Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.“

—  Marilyn vos Savant

As quoted in Perfectionism : What's Bad About Being Too Good? (1987) by Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg, p. 85

„Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.“

—  Marilyn vos Savant

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

—  Marilyn vos Savant

As quoted in What Type Am I? : Discover Who You Really Are (1998) by Renee Baron, p. 110

„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

As quoted in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women (1998) by Autumn Stephens, p. 270

„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

As quoted in The Reader's Digest (1992) Vol. 140, p. 194

„Think of a hypothesis as a card. A theory is a house made of hypotheses.“

—  Marilyn vos Savant

Attributed in Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (1991)

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

—  Marilyn vos Savant

As quoted in Evergreen : A Guide to Writing with Readings (2003), by Susan Fawcett

„A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.“

—  Marilyn vos Savant

As quoted in The Truth in Words: Inspiring Quotes for the Reflective Mind (2002) by Paras, p. 92

„The original answer defines certain conditions, […] Anything else is a different question.“

—  Marilyn vos Savant

Regarding ambiguity in her famous statement of the Monty Hall problem. "Ask Marilyn" column, Parade Magazine, 17 February 1991, p. 12.

„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

As quoted in Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, & Brilliant Remarks (2007) by Karen Weekes, p. 173