“The amateur doesn't appreciate the need for experimentation. He wants his experts to know.” — B.F. Skinner Copy Share Image
“Growing up doesn't mean that you are older than someone, it means that you are no longer an amateur.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti-environmental.” — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Help me, Mr. Wizard! I don't want to be an amateur gynecologist anymore! — Rock Cowles Channeling Tooter The Turtle Copy Share Image
Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Inspiration is for amateurs--the rest of us just show up and get to work. - Chuck Close” — Joe Fig Copy Share Image
Shooting is an amateur sport, but everybody does it professionally. — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
You can be an amateur and have a passion for something, but it takes a long time to actually become a professional,… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
“If you are good you will know and if you are bad you will know. If you cannot recognise which one you… — Osunsakin Adewale Copy Share Image
Sex is the great amateur art. The professional, male or female, is frowned on: he or she misses the point, and spoils… — David Cort Copy Share Image
I was a big fan of amateur wrestling, and I loved it and dedicated my whole life to it for 20-something years,… — Dolph Ziggler Copy Share Image
A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who… — James Agate Copy Share Image
“Do you know how you can tell a professional writer from an amateur?" "No." "An amateur worries about the work before starting.… — Avi Copy Share Image
History is one of the only fields where contributions by amateurs are taken seriously, providing you follow the rules and document your… — George Dyson Copy Share Image
I think of myself as an amateur filmmaker, not a professional, in the sense that "amateur" means love of something, for the… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
You go from Olympic wrestling into pro wrestling, and it's a very difficult transition, but if you make it, you can earn… — Kurt Angle Copy Share Image
I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Some rescue groups are highly organized, experienced, well-funded, nearly professional. Others are small amateur operations run out of garages and back yards.… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
Most amateurs are so worried about mis-hitting the shot or hitting it off line, they don't make an aggressive move. You'd be… — Keegan Bradley Copy Share Image
I think most amateurs dread playing a 180-plus-yard par 3 even more than a hard par 4. Part of it is psychological:… — Ernie Els Copy Share Image
Jessie Wallace was the first time I erupted. She was late, she was young. She's not like that any more. I lost… — Barbara Windsor Copy Share Image
Time management is probably the biggest thing I've had to learn to deal with being on the PGA Tour, whether it be… — Rickie Fowler Copy Share Image
If it weren't for radio programs like 'The George Jarkesy Show,' no one would know about 'The Amateur'. — Edward Klein Copy Share Image
I've dubbed myself as an amateur, not because I work in different field, but because I do what I do for love. — Billy Childish Copy Share Image
The amateur porn business makes $11 billion a year. They don't get bad reviews. — Joe Pantoliano Copy Share Image
The only thing more expensive than hiring a professional, is hiring an amateur. — Red Adair Copy Share Image
