Marilyn vos Savant Quotes


Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.


Citations

vos Savant, Marilyn. "Ask Marilyn." Parade, Parade Publications.

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Marilyn vos Savant
Marilyn vos Savant
  • Born: August 11, 1946
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author

Marilyn vos Savant (/ˌvɒs səˈvɑːnt/; born Marilyn Mach; 1946) is an American magazine columnist, author, lecturer, and playwright. She was listed as having the highest recorded intelligence quotient (IQ) in the Guinness Book of Records, a competitive category the publication has since retired. Since 1986, she has written "Ask Marilyn", a Parade magazine Sunday column wherein she solves puzzles and answers questions on various subjects. Among them was a discussion of the Monty Hall problem, to which she postulated an answer in 1990.