Marilyn vos Savant Quotes

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

While you’re writing, you can’t concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.

When our spelling is perfect, it’s invisible. But when it’s flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom “to” and freedom “from.”

Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business – the gambler always loses over the long term.

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

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

The difference between talking on your cell phone while driving and speaking with a passenger is huge. The person on the other end of the cell phone is chattering away, oblivious.

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.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.