To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Quote by Marilyn Vos Savant
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To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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Marilyn Vos Savant Quotes
- Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.
- To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
- Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.
- Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.
- Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.
- Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
- Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
- A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.
- 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.
- To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
- Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.
Best Quotes
- I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
- The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
- I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
- Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
- It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
- Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.