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Quotes About Overlooked

The secret story is the one we'll never know, although we're living it from day to day, thinking we're alive, thinking we've got it all under control and the stuff we overlook doesn't matter.
~ Roberto Bolano
The old idea, or rather the old prejudice, that women are protected by men was so deeply ingrained in that society that they overlooked what was the most obvious, that is, that the weakest and the disadvantaged are the most exposed.
~ Ruth Klüger
Undervaluations caused by neglect or prejudice may persist for an inconveniently long time, and the same applies to inflated prices caused by over-enthusiasm or artificial stimulants.
~ Benjamin Graham
Funny, that no one had ever asked what had happened to the dishes, the scraps, the crumbs in the photographs, on the poster.
~ Anna Quindlen
And your eyes pass over me as if I don't exist.
~ Anne Rice
What I've noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, it's so wonderfully fair.
~ Mindy Kaling
There had never been anyone at all to whom she came first.
~ Elizabeth Savage
Today will just be something else that they don't talk about, something else that probably never happened.
~ Aryn Kyle
The strange life of a coaster - even though its right there, people conveniently choose to ignore it.
~ Ashima
When Indian economy was growing at the rate of 8 to 9 percent, I think everybody was quite happy. Even when there were defects in our policies, they were overlooked, and when the economy slows down, people try to find fault and excuses.
~ Manmohan Singh
Readiness is an oft-mentioned - but frequently ignored - necessity.
~ Erik Prince
Gen Y is depicted as self-centred and apathetic when it comes to politics, but it doesn't help that we are largely overlooked. There have been policies to woo parents, pensioners and the sick, but the young do not appear to rank high on any political agenda.
~ Alexandra Adornetto
Woody Allen has done some excellent serious movies, too, like Crimes And Misdemeanors. Very overlooked movie, I think, and really his best. And currently I like Big Fish!
~ David Zucker
One of the best places to look for value is what I call 'babies thrown out with the bathwater' - in other words, scour the most out-of-favour sectors for good companies whose stocks have been crushed due to overblown concerns about the industry that do not, in fact, have an impact on the company.
~ Whitney Tilson
I feel like the tight end position hasn't been appreciated.
~ George Kittle
Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.
~ Hanoi Hannah
The Mob" thought that a good deal should be overlooked in a Melmotte, and that the philanthropy of his great designs should be allowed to cover a multitude of sins. I do not know that the theory was ever so plainly put forward as it was done by the ingenious and courageous writer in "The Mob"; but in practice it has commanded the assent of many intelligent minds.
~ Anthony Trollope
We all have neglected opportunities to deplore.
~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Deepest within every person there is nonetheless an anxiety about being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the millions and millions in this enormous household.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
The most brutal avenger on earth is a reality you ignored, however minor.
~ Raheel Farooq
That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it.
~ John Stossel No They can t
There is a secret about human love that is commonly overlooked: Receiving it is much more scary and threatening than giving it.
~ John Welwood
No one ever notices Sydelle Pulaski," she muttered, "but now they will. Now they will.
~ Ellen Raskin
The ridiculous events in everyday life are often overlooked - people don't recognise it as potentially cinematic.
~ Taika Waititi