Frases de Marilyn vos Savant

Marilyn vos Savant, nascida Marilyn Mach é uma escritora e colunista da revista Parade estadunidense, no qual responde a perguntas de seus leitores sobre matemática e ciência avançada.

Por apresentar um alto quociente de inteligência de 228 pontos, já foi citada no Livro Guinness dos Recordes. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. Agosto 1946
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Marilyn vos Savant frases e citações

Marilyn vos Savant: Frases em inglês

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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