Marilyn vos Savant

Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.

Marilyn vos Savant

Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It’s difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens.

Marilyn vos Savant

Everybody loves an accent. It you’ve been unlucky in love, consider pulling up stakes and moving to another country. Then you’ll be the one with a neat foreign accent.

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.

Marilyn vos Savant

If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.

Marilyn vos Savant

If you’re wondering if you’re dreaming, you’re dreaming.

Marilyn vos Savant

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.

Marilyn vos Savant

It is a lot easier to prove that you don’t love someone than it is to prove that you do, but one of the best ‘proofs’ I know is the desire to devote time to the person with no expectation of any sort of compensation, including gratitude, in return.

Marilyn vos Savant

Know how to behave at a fine restaurant, which is a telltale measure of social maturity.

Marilyn vos Savant

Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.

Marilyn vos Savant