"The two oldest professions in the world —……" — Alexander Woollcott
"The two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs."
More Amateurs Quotes
- I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs. — Paul Cezanne
- Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work. — Chuck Close
- The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil. — Chi Chi Rodriguez
- Jet lag is for amateurs. — Dick Clark
- Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people. — Bruce Schneier
- Parties sickened me. I hated the game-playing, the dirty play, the flirting, the amateurs drunks, the bores. — Charles Bukowski
- It is by sitting down to write every morning that he becomes a writer. Those who do not do this… — Gerald Brenan
- Amateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether. — Norman Mailer
- None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker. — Jose Raul Capablanca
- No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters,… — Jose Raul Capablanca
- Amateurs hope. Professional work. — Garson Kanin