“Amateurs try to write in one go; professionals draft and draft again.” — Alastair Fowler Copy Share Image
I've played with amateurs for a million years, and they just don't hit many flush shots. — Johnny Miller Copy Share Image
In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“That's all any of us are: amateurs. We don't live long enough to be anything else.” — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
We're all amateurs when it comes to love. Don't be too hard on each other. — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
The film [Dream of Life] is not really an amateur work, despite the fact that none of us have ever done anything… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Before television, there was a piano in many homes in this country. People played instruments on an amateur level and because of… — John de Lancie Copy Share Image
The word 'professional' doesn't hold any magic or mystique. The people who really change the world are usually amateurs — Dave Hampton Copy Share Image
“Amateurs train until they get it right. Professionals train until they cannot get it wrong.” — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
“Some of the most corrupt people that you will meet in life are working in corporate government law enforcement. They make criminals… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Conor is not emulating me. He has to be his own man and learn his trade from the start. He will fight… — Nigel Benn Copy Share Image
Vision is easy. Ideas are even easier. It's execution that separates the amateurs from the pros. — Blaine Hogan Copy Share Image
As it was, things went from bad to worse, as they often will when amateurs are involved in an activity that they… — John Irving Copy Share Image
A lot of amateurs are terrified of going up against a player who is clearly better than they are. They never play… — Fuzzy Zoeller Copy Share Image
I was always scared in the amateurs, but the minute I got in the ring it was like another person took over.… — Nonito Donaire Copy Share Image
There's a myth among amateurs, optimists and fools that beyond a certain level of achievement, famous artists retire to some kind of… — Mark Matousek Copy Share Image
To find the best moves great Masters, with years of experience, engage in laborious research, and the moves thus found are blindly… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
“A man must love a thing very much if he practices it without any hope of fame or money, but even practice… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“If you've no idea where you're headed to, then don't panic. Remember: some people are born to become amateurs rather than professionals,… — Shivam Chaudhary Copy Share Image
There is no line of demarcation between the amateurs and the pros; everyone is using the same tactics and playing in the… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
In the United Kingdom at various stages, journalism has been the profession of gentlemen amateurs. And some of them even pride themselves… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
As an individual navigating this reality, you have to make choices to survive. Sometimes you happily work for free if it's something… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
“Writer David Foster Wallace said that he thought good nonfiction was a chance to “watch somebody reasonably bright but also reasonably average… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“The young people nowadays – men and women, amateurs and pros – generally fall into one of two categories: either they don’t… — Ryū Murakami Copy Share Image
“He had started out the way nearly all writers do, and I'd seen it a hundred times--amateurs transformed into gibbering wrecks by… — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
“…as she cycled home Shelley reflected that in all her years at Birnam Wood she had never quite mastered the skill of… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
What does a professional photojournalist do that others cannot? Depicting photo opportunities as if they are authentic, covering press conferences, or making… — Fred Ritchin Copy Share Image
“...most gentlemen of breeding considered themselves amateurs at all kinds of disciplines. Go all the way back to Jefferson, who collected fossils… — Jack Hitt Copy Share Image
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