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It misleads the public, it misleads Congress, and it's part of their annual ritual of underestimating the need and overestimating the expenses.

Charles Hudson

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

H. L. Mencken

If that much near-surface permafrost thaws, it could release considerable amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and that could amplify global warming. We could be underestimating the rate of global temperature increase.

David Lawrence

Survey after survey finds people are underestimating what they need for a financially secure retirement.

James Klein

We're finding the folks that are using these services are really underestimating the costs.

Susan Murray

They've been doing very well. They upset Boston University, so we're in no way underestimating them. We've got to be ready for them.

Tyler Leachman

Last year all the forecasting was underestimating what the market would do. Most people in our business would say we're past the peak, but that's still tempered by a lot of demand out there. You've still got a lot of baby boomers buying and trading up.

Pam O'connor

We knew coming in that Westfield was a very physical team, and we had to match that. Every game in this region is going to be tough, so we're not underestimating anybody.

Gina Mitchell

I will continue to prioritize action to monitor the length and breadth of the country, without ever underestimating reasonably reliable reports of specific threats.

Giuseppe Pisanu

Measured could go away, ... Greenspan wants the yield on the 10-year Treasury to go up because usually, long rates are not this low until late in a tightening cycle. The bond market may be underestimating how much more tightening needs to be done.

Bill Davison

It's legitimate to think we will see a slowdown in PCs and servers in 2005 but what the Street may be underestimating is Dell's ability to grow earnings through profit margin expansion.

Harry Blount

The market is underestimating the Bank of Japan's determination to return to a more normal interest rate structure.

Anne Mills

There's a joke in the fixed income world that the PPI and CPI excluding everything is zero. But you can't really discount everything, ... I'm not trying to be alarmist but the market is underestimating the inflation risk in the economy.

Bill Davison

The story of Ray Charles is the world underestimating him. ... Everyone ultimately kept saying [to him] ... you really shouldn't be able to do anything because you're a cripple.

Taylor Hackford

I absolutely feel like our biggest mistake is simply underestimating the fervor the New York audience have has and the passion they have. I absolutely take the blame for that and feel terrible for what happened.

Greg Topalian

We want to take advantage of playing on our home field. Columbia and Cornell are both great teams. Both squads have great pitching and great hitting and we're not underestimating that, but we can do just as well.

Stephanie Reichert

Suggesting that quick fixes are likely may be underestimating prevailing market dynamics.

Toni Sacconaghi

As much as we are making good progress -- and we are -- the toughest fighting could lie ahead. The likelihood that they might use chemical weapons is in front of us now. We are not underestimating how tough it could be going forward.

Victoria Clarke

The insurance company won't give us any money until we settle. Once we do, it will take eight weeks to get up and running again. They won't give us business interruption insurance until we accept the settlement, but they are underestimating.

Lori Bennett

I see a lot of underestimating when it comes to the conversion process. A lot of people don't realize that the process of actually doing a conversion can take longer and be more difficult than people expect.

Eric Jones