“ Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
- 3K
“ You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public. ”
- Scott Adams- Copy
- 1.6K
“ I think therefore I am' is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches. ”
- Milan Kundera- Copy
- 342
“ If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them. ”
- Jack Welch- Copy
- 2.9K
“ I don't want to detract from the show at all, because it's entertainment, and a lot of times, in a time of need, we need entertainment to lift people's spirits. ”
- Kanye West- Copy
- 470
“ Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved. ”
- Michel de Montaigne- Copy
- 3.3K
“ New and stirring things are belittled because if they are not belittled, the humiliating question arises, 'Why then are you not taking part in them? ”
- H.G. Wells- Copy
- 3.3K
“ If people don't know each other, they distrust on another. Okay. Lets get to know each other. Let's sit down and chat and iron out our gripes. Many people ridicule and disparage Hollywood because a few irresponsible representatives have given it a black eye. ”
- George Murphy- Copy
- 3.4K
“ Those who profess to favor freedom, yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without planting up the ground. They want rain without thunder or lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. The struggle may not be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle… ”
- Frederick Douglas- Copy
- 2.6K
“ To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise. ”
- Vannevar Bush- Copy
- 3.8K
“ He's not your classical sexy type but he is Batman and you can never underestimate the powers of a superhero! ”
- Christian Bale- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. ”
- Wilma Rudolph- Copy
- 524
“ All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out. ”
- Ludwig von Mises- Copy
- 922
“ It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since in doing so he can depreciate him as much as he wishes. ”
- Alfred Adler- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. ”
- Frederick Douglass- Copy
- 2.5K
“ I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead. ”
- Samuel Goldwyn- Copy
- 3.4K
“ I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence. ”
- Alice Walker- Copy
- 1K
“ I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously. ”
- David Bowie- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. ”
- Pooh’s Little Instruction Book- Copy
- 3.5K
“ He only had to make one or two plays a game, and he could play to that defense. Not to denigrate the job he did there, because he did a terrific job. ”
- Ron Jaworski- Copy
- 3K
“ Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course. ”
- Alex Trebek- Copy
- 3.4K
- 1
- 2
- 3