"Marilyn vos Savant" is an American magazine Column (newspaper)/columnist, author, lecturer, and playwright who rose to fame through her former listing in the Guinness Book of World Records under "Highest IQ." Since 1986 she has written "Ask Marilyn," a Parade (magazine)/Parade magazine Sunday column where she solves puzzles and answers questions on various subjects.

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

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

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

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Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

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

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

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. . . what women want is what men want. They want respect.

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

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