Top 105 Overlooked Quotes

It tends to be overlooked that many people are indirectly affected by thoughtless and cruel journalism.
Diana Rigg
I was overlooked long before anyone knew who I was.
Paul Desmond
I’ve been looked past the majority of my career. I’m overlooked, underestimated.
Carlos Condit
A lot of guys have tons of talent, but it boils down to the mental side of things. Preparing and knowing your offense and studying the defense. Being able to read and react quickly. The mental side is often overlooked.
Carson Wentz
I’m a guy that always had to prove himself on every level I’ve played, always was the guy that was overlooked.
Terry Rozier
The past is full of examples of renegade writers who were overlooked in their time not only because their work didn’t fit neatly into potted categories but also because they avoided the self-promotional efforts of their peers.
Joanna Scott
If in prayer I come before a throne of grace, the faults of my prayer will be overlooked.
Charles Spurgeon
I think the Caribbean has been overlooked because guys don’t really have the resources to get out and guys are less fortunate to make it to the U.S. and get scholarships and for people to come down and see them.
Buddy Hield
Tessa's hilarious. I think it's one of the things that

Tessa’s hilarious. I think it’s one of the things that gets overlooked because she’s always so pulled together, but she has the best sense of humor.
Scott Moir
The atheist market is a very overlooked and powerful market, it turns out.
Ira Glass
The ridiculous events in everyday life are often overlooked – people don’t recognise it as potentially cinematic.
Taika Waititi
Success at poker is ultimately the result of solid fundamentals and the ability to read your opponents’ betting patterns. This is especially true when playing online. But playing live poker is a completely different animal. In this venue, the presence of physical tells can not be overlooked.
Daniel Negreanu
The ‘Backlisted’ podcast describes itself as ‘giving new life to old books’. In each episode, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by a guest from the world of books who brings along some overlooked gem to enthuse about.
David Hepworth
I think what I’ve actually achieved as a manager does sometimes get a bit overlooked, because all people think about is the media side of things. They tend to forget I’ve not done so bad.
Gordon Strachan
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.
Henry Miller
Decades ago, Gerhard Richter found a painterly philosopher’s stone. Like Jackson Pollock before him, he discovered something that had been in painting all along, always overlooked or discounted.
Jerry Saltz
Nobody at the FA has ever explained why I was overlooked and not even asked for an interview.
Harry Redknapp
I’m the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.
Jack Nicholson
A lot of the shows I have done, I’m often the only black guy and I have often had to play second or third fiddle. It isn’t necessarily a bad thing if it is a strong ensemble cast. But I feel people have overlooked my abilities.
Malik Yoba
The action comedy ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl’ raises one of the most overlooked and important cinematic questions of our time: Can a movie maintain the dramatic integrity of a theme park ride?
Elvis Mitchell
I love rereading Shakespeare plays and Im constantly finding bits that Ive overlooked or not understood before.
Michael Rosen
Even earlier there were songs where I was not finding appropriate voices, but still I overlooked that and didn’t get the perfect voice to sing it. Now I won’t do that.
Rajesh Roshan
In our present age, while materialistic pursuits are important, the gentler aspects of life are being overlooked.
Rhea Pillai
I’m a designer, producer and I am hands-on for every project I undertake. The creative side of what I do is really something I think people overlooked for a while.
Dita Von Teese
My work is about the world I live in. So, I sort of make a picture of my life or our lives. I’m always looking for something that is overlooked, so I need to constantly be aware of what’s going on.
Marilyn Minter
For years within the group I felt very overlooked and invisible, and I carried these feelings for such a long time. I just felt like no matter what I did, it was never on par with the other girls in the group.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock
I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have it be popular.
Patti Smith
Part of what I loved about exploring Lee Israel was she was a woman who was often overlooked and judged. And it was fun to find all the ways that I could sympathise and feel as though I was like her.
Marielle Heller
Kids should practice autographing baseballs. This is a skill that’s often overlooked in Little League.
Tug McGraw
Far too often, local voices have been overlooked when it comes to planning transportation projects.
Alex Padilla
I guess everyone’s had an experience when they felt overlooked, ditched, hurt or taken for granted. Where they felt like the only one behaving with common sense but still got the short end of the stick. We all feel like the odd one out at some point.
Shannon Purser
I think, often, child actors are, like, overlooked a little bit.
Sadie Sink
I do think novels are overlooked. I did write one some years ago that I think is quite good, called ‘The End of the Story,’ not to blow my own horn.
Lydia Davis
One of the many misconceptions about Trump’s victory in 2016 was that he won only because people disliked Hillary Clinton. While she was strongly disliked, so was he. The differences in policy should not be overlooked.
Mollie Hemingway
I’ve been overlooked and slighted every step of the way. I think that brings out the best in me.
Jordan Rodgers
One of the best and often overlooked traffic sources online is LinkedIn.
Lewis Howes
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
Louisa May Alcott
I’m always going to be overlooked. That’s just how it is. That’s how the league is.
Reggie Miller
It’s funny, I do think I’ve been somewhat overlooked, but I’ve always viewed that as a challenge. Everyone else seems to get more upset about it than I do.
Christian Cage
It's been overlooked for a long time as a real public h

It’s been overlooked for a long time as a real public health problem. All of western society is a little bit sleep-deprived, and when I say a little bit, I mean chronically.
Michael Rosbash
That’s something that’s so often overlooked in this game – the dynamics of the locker room.
Nick Foles
I feel that, as a person of color, I’ve always been interested in the stories that are quiet and the stories that often get overlooked.
Tracy K. Smith
Specifically, in Canada, the First Nations are often overlooked in pop culture or in general, and when things are reported about our First Nations, it’s often negative things – about the hardships they face and what-not.
Jeff Lemire
As an actor of color, I was overlooked at every possible opportunity. I was given roles that were almost not roles. It was, like, Scared Asian Guy. Whether I was a scared Asian guy in front of a computer or a scared Asian guy getting robbed in the grocery store, I always played these pathetic, low-status characters.
Simu Liu
The National Parks are overlooked and underrated, and they shouldn’t be.
Hallie Jackson
I think competing gets overlooked sometimes. The competitiveness that you bring to a game and an at-bat, it can go a long way. It really can.
Christian Yelich
It’s a funny thing, but it’s often overlooked that I’m a huge devout lover of French cooking. I have the utmost respect for them, though they have lost their respect for me because they think the way I cook is nutty.
Wylie Dufresne
Young people, all too often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored.
Mo Ibrahim
I’m always overlooked.
Brooks Koepka
For too long, I have been overlooked. For too long, I have been disrespected. For too long, I had been too good.
Neville
One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don’t realize there’s a lot of craft behind the comedy.
Al Yankovic