Underestimate Quotes - Page 21

• Sometimes I think I know everything, but I also underestimate what God really is.

  Dion DiMucci

  Thinking, Sometimes, Knows

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• Even the best critical writing on Emily Dickinson underestimates her. She is frightening. To come to her directly from Dante, Spenser, Blake, and Baudelaire is to find her sadomasochism obvious and flagrant. Birds, bees, and amputated hands are the dizzy stuff of this poetry. Dickinson is like the homosexual cultist draping himself in black leather and chains to bring the idea of masculinity into aggressive visibility.

  Camille Paglia

  Writing, Ideas, Hands

  "Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson". Book by Camille Paglia, 1990.

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• Don't underestimate the power of the vigilante consumer.

  Anita Roddick

  Bollywood, Consumerism, Blank Stares

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• There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

  Ama Ata Aidoo

  Powerful, People, Progress

  Ama Ata Aidoo (2015). “Changes: A Love Story”, p.192, The Feminist Press at CUNY

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• Never underestimate a man's ability to underestimate a woman.

  Sara Paretsky

  Men, Ability, Never Underestimate

  "Fictional character: Victoria "V.I." Warshawski". "V.I. Warshawski", www.imdb.com. 1991.

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• ... I think we should never underestimate the power of women's threats. If you have ever faced an angry group of women, you know that it makes one very nervous. How can we get groups of women to act in such ways as to make corporations nervous? I should like us to use this method sparingly; but it can be used.

  Juanita M. Kreps

  Thinking, Groups, Use

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• First of all, I think everybody has to acknowledge don't underestimate the guy [Donald Trump], because he's going to be 45th president of the United States.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Guy, President

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

  Cory Doctorow

  Determination, Kids, Little Brother

  Cory Doctorow (2010). “Little Brother”, p.87, Macmillan

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• Never underestimate a man's ability to make you feel guilty for his mistakes.

  Rihanna

  Mistake, Men, Guilty

  "Rihanna Buys Mansion, Tweets About Being Single" by Emma Koonse, www.christianpost.com. December 19, 2012.

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• Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.

  Peter Gallagher

  Children, Parenting, Ability

  "Fictional character: Sandy". "The O.C./ The SnO.C.", www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• Don’t underestimate the ripple effect of what you do. These kinds of actionshave toppled empires.

  Leila Janah

  Empires, Kind, Ripple Effect

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• Never underestimate the desire to bolt.

  Pema Chodron

  Desire, Never Underestimate, Bolts

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• It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.

  Colin Powell

  Thinking, Interesting, Enemy

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• Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child.

  Max Lucado

  Children, Parent, Behalf

  Max Lucado (2013). “God's Inspirational Promises”, p.84, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• For let us not underestimate the Christian: the Christian, false to the point of innocence, is far above the ape-regarding Christians, a well known theory of descent becomes a mere compliment.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Christian, Apes, Innocence

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• Never underestimate your own ignorance.

  Albert Einstein

  Business, Ignorance, Never Underestimate

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• Never underestimate those who you scar.

  Lauryn Hill

  Scar, Never Underestimate

  Song: Lost Ones

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• Never underestimate spite as a motivator for genius.

  Sam Kean

  Genius, Spite, Never Underestimate

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• We usually overestimate what we think we can accomplish in one year-but we grossly underestimate what we can accomplish in a decade.

  Tony Robbins

  Wisdom, Thinking, Years

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• Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them.

  Irwin Winkler

  Government, Groups, Culture

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• Never underestimate the power of dramatic lips.

  Laura Mercier

  Lips, Dramatic, Never Underestimate

  Laura Mercier (2010). “The New Beauty Secrets: Your Ultimate Guide to a Flawless Face”, p.124, Simon and Schuster

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• First, we can pray in communion with the Church on earth and in heaven. Let us not underestimate the power of so many voices united in prayer!

  Pope Francis

  Prayer, Voice, Heaven

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• I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right.

  Nina Bawden

  Children, Book, Writing

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• When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed.

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Blessing, Expectations, Deeds

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• I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States.

  Carol Moseley Braun

  Believe, People, Challenges

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