Best Amateur Wisdom

266 Amateur quotes by 225 unique authors

I do like books on anatomy. I have to say I'm an amateur physician, I guess. — Tom Waits
There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business. — Ethel Waters
Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be. — Edward Weston
I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of… — James Whistler
As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur. — Woodrow Wilson
As a professional journalist who nonetheless champions a 'people's' Internet, I am happy to compete against the thousands of amateur bloggers out there reporting and… — Douglas Rushkoff
Fantasy sports went a long way toward developing the sabermetrics formulas used not only by oddsmakers but general managers in hiring players. So the amateur… — Douglas Rushkoff
If money can't be made reporting and writing articles, then professionals simply can't do it anymore. Unless we adopt the position that the amateur blogosphere… — Douglas Rushkoff
There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even… — Agatha Christie
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. — Dave Barry
If there is an amateur reader still left in the world—or anybody who just reads and runs—I ask him or her, with untellable affection and… — J D Salinger
If I had my way books would not be written in English but in an exceedingly difficult secret language.... This plan would have the advantage… — Robertson Davies
The plot is so tired that even this reviewer, who in infancy was let drop by a nurse with the result that she has ever… — Dorothy Parker
I was naturally a loner, content just to live with a woman, eat with her, sleep with her, walk down the street with her. I… — Charles Bukowski
You couldn't be satisfied with being an amateur asshole, could you, Jimbo! You had to go and turn pro on me! — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
More than anything, he wanted to return to the house with the same look of peace that he'd seen on Pastor Harris's face, but he… — Nicholas Sparks
So long as you’re not a snap, you’re safe. (Nykyrian) Snap…Syn used that term. (Kiara) Single. Naïve. Amateur. Person. (Nykyrian) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people. — KatÃ³ Lomb
You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur. — Katharine Hepburn
On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure… — Evelyn Underhill
Like I've been sketched by an amateur artist: if you don't look too closely, it's all right, but start focusing and all the smudges and… — Lauren Oliver
Cheat? Good heavens, this is an amateur cricket match amongst leading prep schools, I'm an Englishman and a schoolmaster supposedly setting an example to his… — Stephen Fry
What? Was he raised in a barn? Didn’t he ever learn how to close a door? Amateur shape-shifters…No manners whatsoever.” – Sasha “Do we need… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Everybody burns out in this world; amateur, pro, it doesn't matter, they all burn out, they all get hurt, the OK guys and the not-OK… — Haruki Murakami
The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He… — Steven Pressfield

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