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."

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

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