Underestimate Quotes - Page 9

• The justice of it seems to children correct and right - I mean, we laugh at it! We underestimate children's ability to know what is a story and what isn't.

  Philip Pullman

  Children, Mean, Justice

  "His Grimm Materials: A Conversation With Philip Pullman". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2012.

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• One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.

  Sam Altman

  Team, Founders, Recruit

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• Never underestimate the ruthlessness of the ego to keep you in a state of suffering in which you voluntarily participate.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Ego, Suffering, Ruthlessness

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• Never underestimate the power of denial.

  Alan Ball

  Beauty, Denial, Never Underestimate

  Alan Ball, Sam Mendes (1999). “American Beauty: The Shooting Script”, Newmarket Press

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• Don't underestimate yourself. You are capable of more than you can ever imagine.

  Les Brown

  Imagine, Capable

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• It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider than national scale, made the mistake of underestimating the pace of economic change in our modern world.

  Lester B. Pearson

  Mistake, People, Political

  Lester B. Pearson (1964). “The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements”, McClelland and Stewart

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• Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.

  Randy Pausch

  Fun, Play, Dying

  "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams". Randy Pausch's last lecture at McConomy Auditorium of Carnegie Mellon University, www.youtube.com. September 18, 2007.

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• ...the most dangerous shortsightedness consists in underestimating the mediocre.

  Georges Bernanos

  Mediocre, Dangerous

  Georges Bernanos (1944). “Plea for Liberty: Letters to the English, the Americans, the Europeans”

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• Never underestimate your own capacity to care.

  Neil Strauss

  Care, Capacity, Never Underestimate

  Neil Strauss (2011). “The Game”, p.317, Canongate Books

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• Mosley is bigger than me. He's fast and his hand speed is still there. He's faster than most of my opponents. He's also preparing hard and he's also good, so we never underestimate our opponent.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Hands, Opponents, Speed

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• You're young and you're bulletproof and invincible. But never underestimate the power of other people's love and prayer.

  Tony Snow

  Graduation, Prayer, People

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• Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearance. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality.

  Brian Herbert

  Mean, Science, Reality

  "Dune: House Harkonnen". Book by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, 2000.

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• It is impossible to talk of respect for students for the dignity that is in the process of coming to be, for the identities that are in the process of construction, without taking into consideration the conditions in which they are living and the importance of the knowledge derived from life experience, which they bring with them to school. I can in no way underestimate such knowledge. Or what is worse, ridicule it.

  Paulo Freire

  Educational, Philosophy, School

  Paulo Freire (1998). “Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage”, p.62, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Men never fail to underestimate women.

  Zhao Yun

  Men, Failing

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• You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare.

  Nathaniel Philbrick

  Influence

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• We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Events, Roles, World

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.17, Macmillan

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• Never underestimate the power of a good story.

  John P. Kotter

  Liars, Stories, Good Story

  John P. Kotter, Dan Cohen (2013). “The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations”, p.68, Harvard Business Press

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• One must never underestimate the profound bigotry and anti-intellectualism and intolerance and illiberality of liberalism.

  Richard John Neuhaus

  Profound, Intolerance, Liberalism

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• You cannot underestimate the sharpness of people’s BS radar. They can spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  People, Tactics, Miles

  Gary Vaynerchuk (2011). “The Thank You Economy (Enhanced Edition)”, p.28, Harper Collins

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• People who underestimate their capabilities also bear costs, although, as already noted, these are more likely to take self-limiting rather than aversive forms. By failing to cultivate personal potentialities and constricting their activities, such persons cut themselves off from many rewarding experiences. Should they attempt tasks having evaluative significance, they create internal obstacles to effective performance by approaching them with unnerving self-doubts

  Albert Bandura

  Cutting, Self, People

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• I know the Muslim psychology. It is all pomposity and bravado. I give you my word that if Islam is ridiculed publicly and systematically, it will be defeated. Shame is a great motivator as well as deterrent. Do not underestimate the power of ridicule. This is serious stuff not a laughing matter.

  Ali Sina

  Giving, Laughing, Psychology

  Source: myislam.dk

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• I admit that one should never underestimate the capacity of banks to destroy enormous amounts of accumulated capital and reduce, temporarily, the supply. After all, capital is the accumulated savings of mankind. And banks are great masters in destroying enormous amounts of capital with great regularity.

  Arie de Geus

  Saving, Destroying, Should

  "Arie de Geus: The Thought Leader Interview". Interview with S+B, www.strategy-business.com. April 1, 2001.

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• Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

  John Mayer

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• Never underestimate the ego of a politician.

  Dan Brown

  Ego, Politics, Politician

  Dan Brown (2006). “Deception Point”, p.712, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.

  Reggie Jackson

  Sometimes, Magnitude

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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