Theo Paphitis Quotes

Don't mistake niceness for weakness.

There's something advantageous about having people underestimate your intellect, insomuch as a lot of things are revealed to you. They assume you don't know what you're talking about, then all of a sudden, you do. And the next thing you know, you have information you wouldn't normally have.

There's a big advantage in people underestimating you.

Not to harp on too much about Ma, but it's a misconception that she is formidable. She calls herself a patsy.

I find, at times, people underestimate me. That's really an asset.

Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.

Sometimes your greatest strength can emerge as a weakness if the context changes.

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Sometimes with the Palins, it's exactly what it looks like.

I like being misunderstood.

Belief and seeing: They are both often wrong.

I have made a very good living, for more than 30 years, by being underestimated.

I love when people think I'm not a good receiver.

I get underestimated every single day.

You watch someone, and you see how they are, and sometimes you can use that against them.

Things are not always as they seem.

People think, 'Oh, I don't need to worry about him,' and they underestimate me because I am a rapper.

There have been occasions when some people have taken me very seriously.

It's a great thing to be underestimated because it puts off your rival or enemy - they're not on their full game if they underestimate you.

Don't underestimate this little fat boy.

If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.

I'm not as naive as some people think.

Things are NEVER what they seem, Pa, I thought. I used to think they were, but I was wrong or stupid or blind or something. Old folks are forever complaining about their failing eyesight, but I think your vision gets better as you get older. Mine surely was.