Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.
A. A. Milne
It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.
A. J. Liebling
In committing an estimated 3,000 U.S. forces to join international Ebola relief efforts in West Africa, President Obama seems to be fulfilling the plans of highly influential progressive groups who seek to transform the American military into more of a social-work organization.
Aaron Klein
We've all been underestimated at times. That's life.
Abby Huntsman
Never underestimate the power of anyone's story... anyone's life.
Abby Johnson
It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
Abdullah II of Jordan
The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world.
Adam Sedgwick
When we acquire businesses in the developing world, we estimate if the growth opportunities are strong.
Adi Godrej
I think network TV to a large extent has underestimated the intelligence of the American public for so many years now. It's tried to appeal to the lowest common denominator. I think the average viewer is much more intelligent than that and crave a little more complexity and are willing to pay more attention.
Adrian Pasdar
I think the common man should not be underestimated.
Akshaye Khanna
Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user's phone number and home address, anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user's date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.
Al Franken
I always feel over-appreciated but underestimated.
Alan Bennett
The thing you can't underestimate is the true fan's intimacy. So Lady Gaga or anybody's true fan, I don't think they're going anywhere. There are people who are into commitment. If they're connecting with an artist, I think they'll be there over the long course.
Alanis Morissette
I have loved cricket my whole life, from playing in the garden as a child, and will never underestimate how special it is to pull on an England shirt.
Alastair Cook
You can't underestimate the importance of cover art.
Alastair Reynolds
Never underestimate the power of Abby Joseph Cohen.
Alex Berenson
When I debuted at NXT, I was naive, and look where it got me. I was overlooked and underestimated.
Alexa Bliss
As of 2013, according to the World Health Organization, 35 million people were estimated to be living with HIV or AIDS globally, and 39 million have died from the disease. The epidemic of denial won, and now everyone knows there is money in the making of drugs for AIDS.
Alexander Chee
In 2009, the 'New York Times' ran an analysis on the cost of being a LGBT couple trying to live as a married couple but without the same protections. Over a lifetime, they estimated a couple would spend as much as $467,562 more, and as little as $41,196, with costs running lower the higher your income.
Government experts have estimated that ANWR reserves would only provide enough oil for six months of U.S. oil consumption. In addition, the oil industry itself has estimated that it would take 10 years to bring this oil to the market.
Allyson Schwartz
Just like it's not healthy to think overly negative thoughts, exaggeratedly positive thoughts can be equally detrimental. If you overestimate how much of a positive impact a particular change will have on your life, you may end up feeling disappointed when reality doesn't live up to your fantasy.
We look at individuals who would vote for Donald Trump as if... we kind of undervalue them. And we underestimated them.
Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.
I'm tired of being behind this virus. We've been behind this virus from day one. We underestimated this virus. It's more powerful, it's more dangerous than we expected.
This virus is an enemy that the entire country underestimated from day one and we have paid the price dearly.
People like bonnets. I don't think you can under-estimate that.
Generally, what people tend to underestimate is the cyborg nature of Groupon. We are a company that has the DNA of being both a technology company and a heavily operational company.
I think that solving the job impact of AI will require significant private and public efforts. And I think that many people actually underestimate the impact of AI on jobs. Having said that, I think that if we work on it and provide the skill training needed, then there will be many new jobs created.
Don't underestimate this little fat boy.
A lot of people underestimated me, and I'm used to that.
I try to prove everybody wrong and those who underestimate me, that's why I train hard.
A lot of people have underestimated me and I have been a problem for them inside the ring.
A lot of fighters underestimate me. And what do you know? They end up being on the canvas.
If you want to underestimate me because I speak like a Mancunian, like the people I grew up with, then so be it at your peril.
The World Bank adjusts its poverty estimates for differences in prices across countries, but it ignores differences in needs.
The power of pop culture stories should not be underestimated, and there is an enormous potential for inspirational stories that can have a positive, transformative effect on our lives.
Thus I was able to make pioneering measurements of the height and physical scale of plasma clouds in the ionosphere and also to estimate wind speeds in this region.
Never underestimate the intelligence of the audience; make good programmes, and they will come.
About 30% of fresh food is thrown away in supermarkets every day, although they will deny it. British households are throwing an estimated 30% of their food away, too.
All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.
Now, America is a land of second chances, and I gather you have room for the estimated 6 million of us who know we got it wrong in 2008 and who want to fix it.
We underestimate our people. Given a challenge, most of our people will do it, especially the youngsters who take to technology like duck to water.
There's something advantageous about having people underestimate your intellect, insomuch as a lot of things are revealed to you. They assume you don't know what you're talking about, then all of a sudden, you do. And the next thing you know, you have information you wouldn't normally have.
You cannot underestimate the value of luck in success in life. And I've really learned to appreciate that.
Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market.
Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing.
I think it is a great gift to make people laugh, and it shouldn't be underestimated.
Often, American audiences are underestimated by producers and movie studios. They often think we're dumber than we are.
I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.
