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Many of the commentators are right in assessing that the possibility of just a mild slowdown is perhaps overestimated, is perhaps seen as too likely, and once we start to see sentiment shift, either in the business sector or in the consumer sector, that can feed off of itself — that can lead to further weakness, which could lead to a stronger rise in the unemployment rate and weaker economic conditions. – Gregory Daco	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think they made that calculation that these sanctions would have heat and hurt the Russian economy very quickly, in ways they clearly misunderstood and overestimated, the sanctions certainly have made the Russian economy smaller, but not to the extent people had hoped. And certainly not to the point where the Russians were brought to the bargaining table. – The US	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Southern Military District -- in Donetsk, Luhansk, Mariupol, Berdyansk, Melitopol -- these are the best troops in the Russian army. And they always work. They're designed to fight NATO, so the forces that were committed to the Kyiv encirclement suggests that it was a goal that either Russia thought would be easily achieved, or they overestimated the capabilities of those forces. So that leads, in part, to the conclusion that an encirclement of the Ukrainian troops in the JFO is part of the goal that Russia is looking to achieve. And the movements of Russian forces do seem to suggest that that is the case. – Sam Cranny-Evans	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Russia has definitely underperformed, but I don't think it's an indictment on their entire military or that we overestimated, in 2014, they seemed to have a war plan for Crimea that they dusted off the shelf and executed to perfection and this time they had months buildup and appeared to have no war plan at all. – Liam Collins	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I’d say I kind of overestimated it, i didn’t have any problems with it. I could feel the crowd’s energy. – Jack Nelson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The media's coverage of the entire pandemic has been politicized, hence my book ‘Panic Attack,’ the rare cases of severe disease in children are sensationalized rather than reporting of the bigger picture. To date, less than 0.03% of confirmed Covid-19 cases in children have resulted in death, a number likely overestimated as children are less likely to be tested. – Nicole Saphier	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Could be. I mean, it could be you have shortages, and it could also be that you have some that have way overestimated the number of ventilators they need. – President Donald Trump	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If you increase capacity too much because you've overestimated that demand shift, you just create a price war. – Phil Seymour	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
They overestimated what the North means in terms of denuclearisation and oversold it to Washington, you get sick if you eat undercooked food. You get caught if you sell fake stuff as luxury. – Chun Yung-woo	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
At first I thought it would be more service-based, like video-chatting with an art adviser, but I overestimated how comfortable my customers would be talking about art, you know what you like and don’t like, but that doesn’t mean talking to a professional isn’t scary. – Tara Reed	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The synergies you get from operating the same equipment can't be overestimated. – Dean Peters	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
But, you know, in some sense it's hopeless in any case ... I mean, the new terms are even worse, but the terms that they were being offered before were still not going to work. So, I, you know -- I may have overestimated the competence of the Greek government. – Yanis Varoufakis	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think I overestimated them. They underestimated me and I did OK. – Harry Reid	Found on CNN 9 years ago
What's striking is that they were very careful to select patients who weren't in the active throes of a heart attack and who didn't have an alarming ECG, and both the physicians and the patients still overestimated the risks. – Daniel Munoz	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Clearly the Bank of Italy overestimated the strength of Monte dei Paschi at the time. – Nicolas Veron	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I sometimes think that God, in creating man, overestimated His ability. – Oscar Wilde	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated. – H.L. Mencken	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability. – Oscar Wilde	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Many of the commentators are right in assessing that the possibility of just a mild slowdown is perhaps overestimated, is perhaps seen as too likely, and once we start to see sentiment shift, either in the business sector or in the consumer sector, that can feed off of itself — that can lead to further weakness, which could lead to a stronger rise in the unemployment rate and weaker economic conditions.

– Gregory Daco

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think they made that calculation that these sanctions would have heat and hurt the Russian economy very quickly, in ways they clearly misunderstood and overestimated, the sanctions certainly have made the Russian economy smaller, but not to the extent people had hoped. And certainly not to the point where the Russians were brought to the bargaining table.

– The US

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Southern Military District -- in Donetsk, Luhansk, Mariupol, Berdyansk, Melitopol -- these are the best troops in the Russian army. And they always work. They're designed to fight NATO, so the forces that were committed to the Kyiv encirclement suggests that it was a goal that either Russia thought would be easily achieved, or they overestimated the capabilities of those forces. So that leads, in part, to the conclusion that an encirclement of the Ukrainian troops in the JFO is part of the goal that Russia is looking to achieve. And the movements of Russian forces do seem to suggest that that is the case.

– Sam Cranny-Evans

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Russia has definitely underperformed, but I don't think it's an indictment on their entire military or that we overestimated, in 2014, they seemed to have a war plan for Crimea that they dusted off the shelf and executed to perfection and this time they had months buildup and appeared to have no war plan at all.

– Liam Collins

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I’d say I kind of overestimated it, i didn’t have any problems with it. I could feel the crowd’s energy.

– Jack Nelson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The media's coverage of the entire pandemic has been politicized, hence my book ‘Panic Attack,’ the rare cases of severe disease in children are sensationalized rather than reporting of the bigger picture. To date, less than 0.03% of confirmed Covid-19 cases in children have resulted in death, a number likely overestimated as children are less likely to be tested.

– Nicole Saphier

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Could be. I mean, it could be you have shortages, and it could also be that you have some that have way overestimated the number of ventilators they need.

– President Donald Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If you increase capacity too much because you've overestimated that demand shift, you just create a price war.

– Phil Seymour

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

They overestimated what the North means in terms of denuclearisation and oversold it to Washington, you get sick if you eat undercooked food. You get caught if you sell fake stuff as luxury.

– Chun Yung-woo

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

At first I thought it would be more service-based, like video-chatting with an art adviser, but I overestimated how comfortable my customers would be talking about art, you know what you like and don’t like, but that doesn’t mean talking to a professional isn’t scary.

– Tara Reed

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The synergies you get from operating the same equipment can't be overestimated.

– Dean Peters

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

But, you know, in some sense it's hopeless in any case ... I mean, the new terms are even worse, but the terms that they were being offered before were still not going to work. So, I, you know -- I may have overestimated the competence of the Greek government.

– Yanis Varoufakis

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I think I overestimated them. They underestimated me and I did OK.

– Harry Reid

Found on CNN
9 years ago

What's striking is that they were very careful to select patients who weren't in the active throes of a heart attack and who didn't have an alarming ECG, and both the physicians and the patients still overestimated the risks.

– Daniel Munoz

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Clearly the Bank of Italy overestimated the strength of Monte dei Paschi at the time.

– Nicolas Veron

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, overestimated His ability.

– Oscar Wilde

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

– H.L. Mencken

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.

– Oscar Wilde

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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