Overestimating And Underestimating Quotes & Sayings

The mistake we make in thinking of character as something unified and all-encompassing is very similar to a kind of blind spot in the way we process information. Psychologists call this tendency the Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE), which is a fancy way of saying that when it comes to interpreting other people's behavior, human beings invariably make the mistake of overestimating the importance of fundamental character traits and underestimating the importance of situation and context. — Malcolm Gladwell

A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. — Alexander Pope

He who laughs last laughs ... doesn't get it. — Brian Spellman

Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state — Socrates

My best friend recently told me that I was the most passionate person she's ever known. I don't know if that was a compliment or an insult, honestly. — Amy Lee

To overestimate the originality of one's thoughts is perhaps a less serious defect than being unaware of their newness. There is a more pronounced lack of sensitivity in underestimating (ourselves and others) than in overestimating. — Eric Hoffer

Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's our reality. — Bill McKibben

I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. — Markus Zusak

When it was over, it was not really over, and that was the trouble. — Frank Yerby

He looked earnestly at me, as if that was important to me. — Raymond Chandler

More men are ruined by underestimating the value of money than by overestimating it. Let us, then, abandon the affectation of despising money, and frankly own its value. — Orison Swett Marden

Overestimating the intelligence of the enemy is, if anything, more dangerous than underestimating it. — Neal Stephenson

He was all about engagement. — Bob Goff

The sooner, the better! — Franklin W. Dixon

I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant ... I AM HAUNTED BY HUMANS. — Markus Zusak

Your soul may be more evolved than you are right now. If a kid fails tenth grade, do you make him repeat grades K through nine?" "No, I guess not." "No, you just make him start over at the beginning of tenth grade. Well, it's the same with souls. They only ascend. A person gets a soul when they can carry it to the next level, when they are ready to learn the next lesson. — Christopher Moore

That was probably the most important fight of my career ... he was this crazy guy, who acted like most adults that I knew as a kid, and I knew right away by him being so crazy and wild and quick tempered, I was gonna get under his skin and aggravate the heck out of him. And that's exactly what I did. — Roy Jones Jr.

I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant. — Markus Zusak