Underestimate Quotes
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Never underestimate yourself
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Of course, it's always difficult to disentangle fact from fiction in relation to, e.g., the singularity project. Many scientists I know are dismissive of transhumanist claims, BUT the last 100 years has surely taught us never to underestimate the pace and scope of scientific progress. However, even if much of this turns out to be science-fiction, it also reveals a way of thinking about human life that I find deeply troubling.
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We did not underestimate what we could do.
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Do not underestimate the power of an enemy, no matter how great or small, to rise against you another day.
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Factor of Error: Experts in advanced countries underestimate by a factor of 2 to 4 the ability of people in underdeveloped countries to do anything technical. (Examples: Japanese on warplanes, Russians on the bomb, Iranians on refineries, etc.)
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Many change initiatives are poorly thought out, and rolled out prematurely. Others are genuinely good ideas but the proponents underestimate the amount of time needed to make the change. And, I agree, true change usually requires people giving something up and so resistance is pretty well guaranteed for any meaningful change.
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Never underestimate the enemy, above all if he is a stupid one and deserves to be killed.
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Never underestimate the effect of clutter on your life.
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I think a lot of people truly underestimate how much planning is involved in a teacher's work cycle.
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One should never underestimate the power of books.
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Never underestimate the incompetence of government.
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Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.
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Major Strasser: You give him (Rick Blaine) credit for too much cleverness. My impression was that he's just another blundering American. Captain Renault: We musn't underestimate American blundering. I was with them when they blundered into Berlin in 1918.
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Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
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Golden rule of life: never underestimate your rivals.
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People overestimate what they can accomplish in the near term and underestimate what they can accomplish in the long term.
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Never underestimate the gullibility of large pools of money.
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Don't underestimate the power of the nonplussed look and the shake of the head. Letting noxious words hang in the air can be very powerful.
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I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting.
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You can never underestimate that moment of somebody explaining your life to you, something you thought was inexplicable, through music. That was the way out of loneliness.
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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!
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Do not underestimate what you specific conventional, nor covetousness others. He who envies others does not terra firma organization of intellect.
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I think politicians sometimes badly underestimate the true feelings that Americans have for the land.
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Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake.
