Underestimate Quotes - Page 4

• There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy.

  Timothy Geithner

  Government, Long, Waiting

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• A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

  Douglas Adams

  Inspirational, Funny, Fake People

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.690, Pan Macmillan

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• there was no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate your faults, unless it was to have a friend underestimate your virtues.

  Mario Puzo

  Enemy, Faults, Virtue

  Mario Puzo (2005). “The Godfather”, p.174, Penguin

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• Time is the most extraordinary gift for friendship. You'll get to eat your meals together and study together; in some cases you'll even sleep in the same room. You'll have time to waste on each other. You'll find out every single thing you have in common and still have time to catalogue all of your differences. Don't underestimate the vital necessity of friendship in your life because it is the thing that will sustain you later, when there will be considerably less time.

  Ann Patchett

  Sleep, Differences, Together

  Ann Patchett (2013). “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage”, p.161, A&C Black

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• We overestimate the event and underestimate the process. Every fulfilled dream occurred because of dedication to the process.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Dedication, Events

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “Failing Forward”, p.102, Harper Collins

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• Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!

  Tony Robbins

  Appreciation, Time, Years

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• Now, each of us has his own special gift And you know this was meant to be true. And if you don't underestimate me I won't underestimate you.

  Bob Dylan

  Friendship, Special, Were Meant To Be

  Song: Dear Landlord, Album: John Wesley Harding, 1967

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• Never underestimate your talents, and try not to compare or wish for the talents of others. Focus on and accept the talents you have, and you will find great fulfillment in life.

  Jane Powell

  Focus, Wish, Trying

  Jane Powell (2007). “Meditations for Women”, p.102, Jane Powell

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• For me, it works to my advantage when people think I'm stupid. If somebody who disdains you or wants to control you underestimates you, you can play their game right back.

  Veronica Webb

  Stupid, Thinking, Games

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• I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.

  Jane Pauley

  Expectations, Awful, Results

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• Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.

  Martin Mull

  Funny, Children, Kids

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• I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level.

  Debbie Gibson

  Mean, Thinking, People

  "Lyricist Tim Rice Enjoys Career Revival; David Crosby Writes Book on Music and Charity; Wise Guys of 'Falcone' Come to CBS". "Showbiz Today" with Paul Vercammen, www.cnn.com. April 3, 2000.

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• Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

  Andrew S. Tanenbaum

  Tape, Wagons, Geek

  "Computer Networks". Book by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 1981.

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• When Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner asked a roomful of Olympic hopefuls if they had a list of written goals, every one raised their hands. When he asked how many of them had that list with them right that moment, only one person raised their hand. That person was Dan O'Brien. And it was Dan O'Brien who went on to win the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Don't underestimate the power of setting goals and constantly reviewing them.

  Jack Canfield

  Winning, Atlanta, Hands

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• Never underestimate the impact of a small act.

  Tory Burch

  Impact, Small Acts, Never Underestimate

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• It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.

  Robert Jordan

  Enemy

  Robert Jordan (2010). “A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.201, Macmillan

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• Never underestimate the power of temptation to disarm your better senses. Throughout the ages good people surrendered their honor for the empty promise that wealth or power would bring fulfillment and their dignity, good name and self-esteem for the passing pleasures of sex and drugs.

  Michael Josephson

  Sex, Self Esteem, Names

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• You are far more than your personality, more than your habits, more than your achievements. You are an infinitely complex human being with stories and myths and dreams- and ambitions of cosmic proportions. Don't waste time underestimating yourself. Dream big... Use the energy of your archetype to express the true reason you were born. Life was never meant to be safe. It was meant to be lived right to the end.

  Caroline Myss

  Dream, Ambition, Personality

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• Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Stupidity, Attributes, Malice

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• Never underestimate human stupidity.

  Pittacus Lore

  Stupid, Humans, Stupidity

  Pittacus Lore (2012). “I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Fallen Legacies”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• Never underestimate the value of knowing another's language. It can be far more powerful than swords and arrows.

  Melina Marchetta

  Powerful, Arrows, Knowing

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• This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in the cycle where people are underestimating us. It gives us latitude to go out and make big bets that excite and amaze people.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  People, Giving, Bigs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Never underestimate your life. It is most precious. You never know what talents are hidden within you and what you have to offer to the world!

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  World, Talent, Offers

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• Don't underestimate your kids. Don't be condescending, because they're children but they're not stupid.

  Steve Carell

  Children, Stupid, Kids

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• People have the problem of denial. This is one of the things I learned in Lebanon. Everybody who left Beirut when the war started, including my parents, said, 'Oh, its temporary.' It lasted 17 years! People tend to underestimate the gravity of these situations. That's how they work.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  War, Years, People

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