"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

#Serious Quotes #Originality Quotes #Underestimate Quotes

“A true friend sees past your excuses to the real reason it's not your fault.”
“Cambridge is thriving and Britain is working. We have been telling people - 'if you value it, vote for it' - and this is particularly relevant in Cambridge.”
“The strongest are those who renounce their own times and become a living part of those yet to come. The strongest and the rarest.”
“If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.”
“It is a really good question. The other day I was praying over something as I was running, and I ended up saying to God, â€˜Look, this is all very well, but isnâ€™t it about time you did something, if youâ€™re there?â€™ Which is probably not what the archbishop of Canterbury should say.”
“Sex and murder are the same. Well, you say the same after both don't you? 'Damn I got to get the hell out of here! What was I thinking!'”

Source : TV Series "Comedy Central Presents" ("Dave Attell", 1999), (1998– ).
“Strategic air assault is wasted if it is dissipated piecemeal in sporadic attacks between which the enemy has an opportunity to readjust defenses or recuperate.”
“A synopsis is a cold thing. You do it with the front of your mind. If you're going to stay with it, you never get quite the same magic as when you're going all out.”

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