"Do not dismiss those ideas no matter how hard you think they are, because most of you do not have to walk that hard road with us".
Yet Piechowski could not dismiss his friend's plea.
I wouldn't dismiss the psychological and political impact of Ian Paisley being, in his terms, kicked around for 40 years by the establishment and then seeing an opportunity to be the establishment and being unable to resist it".
Targaryen manages to repeatedly outmanoeuvre and outwit scheming men who dominate the world of Game of Thrones and dismiss the idea that a woman might have the wherewithal to establish an empire.
Lord Hattersley is entitled to his views, which are well known.' Hattersley's comments will be difficult to dismiss.
David Cameron has used an Easter message to hit back at criticism of the coalition's policies from church leaders, urging them not to dismiss him as "devoid of morality".
George Osborne invoked his oath to tell the truth before a committee of MPs as he attempted to dismiss allegations that his decision to veto a currency union with an independent Scotland was a short-term campaigning tactic.
Nigel Farage had been expected to grab between 75 and 100 extra councillors at best, but added nearly 130. Labour MPs and activists, who had tried largely to ignore Ukip's impending arrival as the fourth party in British politics, veered between admitting that it had been hit and that Ed Miliband had to do better, and trying to dismiss Ukip as still so small as to be largely irrelevant.
Ed Miliband has ruled out agreeing to a so-called "confidence and supply" deal with the SNP as he moved to dismiss Tory warnings that Britain would face a constitutional crisis if the Scottish nationalists held the balance of power in a hung parliament.
It's become easy to dismiss Latham, and on cue, his statement that "the best way of minimising domestic violence is to minimise poverty" was was rightly howled down as simplistic, but also because it doesn't fit the acceptable narrative around this crime.
It is increasingly concerning that Tory ministers seek to exaggerate the potential benefits of shale and dismiss genuine and legitimate concerns.
