Marilyn vos Savant Quotes

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

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• Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
  • Age
  • Perfect
  • Fire

• The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • People
  • Kids
  • Movie

• I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.

  

  Rachael Taylor
  • Movie
  • Winning
  • Look

• You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.

  

  Foster Friess
  • Want
  • Leave
  • Lead

• All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Life
  • Value
  • Happiness

• I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.

  

  C. V. Raman
  • Men
  • Women
  • Hope

• I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.

  

  Farnaz Fassihi
  • May
  • Death
  • You

• Don't forget to eat a lot of greens and fish oil pills. Those are two of the best things to keep your skin glowing.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Best
  • Oil
  • Fish

• In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.

  

  Rachael Harris
  • Work
  • Character
  • Down

• I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Think
  • Focus
  • Beauty

• I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.

  

  Ornette Coleman
  • Up
  • Time
  • Good

• Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.

  

  Ted Shackelford
  • Theatre
  • Now
  • Dinner

• My M.O. is just do what you do and don't feel like you have to make apologies for it. I'm sure there will come a point when I have to apologize for something, but not yet.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • You
  • Like
  • Feel

• It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.

  

  Calamity Jane
  • Good
  • Me
  • Reputation

• My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Live
  • Trying
  • Mom

• Transsexualism is far less common than homosexuality, and the research is in its infancy. Scattered studies have looked at brain activity, finger size, familial recurrence, and birth order.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Brain
  • Research
  • Size

• I was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it's always been something we have in common.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • She
  • College
  • Fashion

• But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'.

  

  Marat Safin
  • People
  • God
  • Help

• Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.

  

  Mackenzie Davis
  • Great
  • Stand
  • Gender

• By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I had made, I ended up in the domain of mathematics. Although I am absolutely without training in the exact sciences, I often seem to have more in common with mathematicians than with my fellow artists.

  

  M. C. Escher
  • Up
  • Artist
  • Training

• Obama has already rejected the bright sunlight of public knowledge, which is democracy's great disinfectant and cure.

  

  David K. Shipler
  • Great
  • Knowledge
  • Democracy

• Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is called upon to solve problems created by technology, to play on maladjustments, and to integrate the individual into a technological world.

  

  Jacques Ellul
  • World
  • Society
  • Technology

• The attention is to be kept pure.

  

  Nirmala Srivastava
  • Love
  • Wisdom
  • Yoga

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

  

  Marilyn vos Savant
  • Knowledge
  • Wisdom
  • Study