Underestimate Quotes
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We did not underestimate what we could do.
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People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.
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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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I don't want anybody to underestimate the difficulties ahead.
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One should never underestimate the power of books.
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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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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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Do not underestimate the power of an enemy, no matter how great or small, to rise against you another day.
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Never underestimate yourself
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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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Golden rule of life: never underestimate your rivals.
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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 incompetence of government.
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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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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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Never underestimate the power of sitting quietly.
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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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People overestimate what they can accomplish in the near term and underestimate what they can accomplish in the long term.
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You must never underestimate the power of your righteous influence.
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Never underestimate the gullibility of large pools of money.
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I think politicians sometimes badly underestimate the true feelings that Americans have for the land.
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It is always a mistake to underestimate the little people of the world, for it is often they who tip the balance.
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Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.
