1 I should never make anything of a fisherman. I had not got sufficient imagination Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jerome K. Jerome, Humility, Imagination, Underestimation, 0 Jerome K. Jerome Writer Copy
2 AOL is the Rodney Dangerfield of the Web. We don’t get no respect. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jeffrey Bewkes, Disrespect, Perception, Underestimation, 0 Jeffrey Bewkes Copy
3 Happens to me all the time…People are always underestimating my dumbness. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Janet Evanovich, Humor, Intelligence, Underestimation, 0 Janet Evanovich Author · USA Copy
4 I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Harlan Coben, Humility, Self-deprecation, Underestimation, 0 Harlan Coben Copy
5 There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry Adams, Average, Intelligence, Underestimation, 0 Henry Adams Copy
6 There’s no underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, H. L. Mencken, Intelligence, Public, Underestimation, 0 H. L. Mencken Copy
7 They say I’m a one-horse trainer but didn’t I make a good job of it? Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Ginger McCain, Achievement, Confidence, Underestimation, 0 Ginger McCain Copy
8 …the most dangerous shortsightedness consists in underestimating the mediocre. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bernanos, Danger, Mediocrity, Underestimation, 0 Georges Bernanos Copy
9 You shouldn’t underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George S. Patton, Enemy, Fatal, Underestimation, 0 George S. Patton General · USA Copy
10 If you think people are dumb, you’ll spend a lifetime doing dumb work. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Lois, Impact, Productivity, Underestimation, 0 George Lois Copy
11 Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Frank Delaney, Intelligence, Knowledge, Underestimation, 0 Frank Delaney Novelist · Ireland Copy
12 There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent. Read explanation Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Laozi, Danger, Opponent, Underestimation, 0 Laozi Philosopher · China Copy
13 … people are always turning out to be tougher than I think they are. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Larry McMurtry, Resilience, Strength, Underestimation, 0 Larry McMurtry Author · USA Copy
14 Globalization is a fact of life. But I believe we have underestimated its fragility. Author, January 13, 2024January 6, 2025, Kofi Annan, fragility, Globalization, Underestimation, 0 Kofi Annan Diplomat · Ghana Copy
15 Never tell ’em how many lettermen you’ve got coming back. Tell ’em how many you lost. Author, January 13, 2024January 6, 2025, Knute Rockne, Competition., Strategy, Underestimation, 0 Knute Rockne Football coach · Norway Copy
16 I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised. Author, January 13, 2024January 6, 2025, Kim Kardashian, Surprise, Underestimation, Validation, 0 Kim Kardashian Reality TV star · USA Copy
17 There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Scott Lynch, Empowerment, Freedom, Underestimation, 0 Scott Lynch Author · USA Copy
18 To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one’s powers than the other. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Arthur Conan Doyle, Exaggeration, Self-awareness, Underestimation, 0 Arthur Conan Doyle Physician · Scotland Copy
19 Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alan Turing, Achievement, Potential, Underestimation, 0 Alan Turing Mathematician · United Kingdom Copy
20 The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Abdul Kalam, Intelligence, Potential, Underestimation, 0 Abdul Kalam Former President of India · India Copy
21 Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other’s Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Deborah Tannen, Power, Underestimation, 0 Deborah Tannen Professor Copy
22 I think a lot of people truly underestimate how much planning is involved in a teacher’s work cycle. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Dana Goldstein, Planning, Underestimation, 0 Dana Goldstein Copy
23 Never underestimate someone with Autism, because there could be Brilliance struggling to get out. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stuart Duncan, Autism, Brilliance, Underestimation, 0 Stuart Duncan Musician Copy
24 People underestimate me, but I’ve always been a stretch runner. Author, January 3, 2024January 2, 2025, Sonny Bono, Perseverance, Resilience, Underestimation, 0 Sonny Bono Entertainer · USA Copy
25 I think the political class, just overall, has underestimated the suffering in America. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Nina Turner, Political, Suffering, Underestimation, 0 Nina Turner Politician Copy
They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art. Charlie Parker Saxophonist · USA
Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder. Read explanation Albert Einstein Theoretical Physicist · Germany
