Best Amateur Proverbs

266 Amateur quotes by 225 unique authors

It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur. — Wallace Stevens
Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her… — Steven Pressfield
There's an awful video of me on YouTube.com, titled Dumas, her life is over! which was taped by some amateur during my first Olympic tryouts… — Katy Evans
Professional standards, the standards of ambition and selfishness, are always sliding downward toward expense, ostentation, and mediocrity. They tend always to narrow the ground of… — Wendell Berry
Hell is full of musical amateurs. — George Bernard Shaw
Love doesn't drop on you unexpectedly; you have to give off signals, sort of like an amateur radio operator. — Helen Gurley Brown
Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive… — Saina Nehwal
Some rescue groups are highly organized, experienced, well-funded, nearly professional. Others are small amateur operations run out of garages and back yards. Their members may… — Jon Katz
I am an amateur mountain climber. Once or twice a year I go off to Chamonix in the French Alps, under Mont Blanc, and with… — Robert Littell
I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business… — Alan Greenspan
The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent. — Larry MacPhail
My father was a GP; my mother was a teacher and amateur actress. My father was a bit of a storyteller, but the acting influence… — Ciaran Hinds
More than any other major sport, professional or amateur, college football games are decided by the physical incompetence and downright chokery of their players. — Stephen Rodrick
Amateur wrestling, you can go by instinct. Pro wrestling, you have to memorize, and you have to go by what moves you said you were… — Kurt Angle
I used to box a bit, and once fought as an amateur welterweight. — Alexander Hanson
Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles. — Dan Jenkins
I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues. — Tom Seaver
We are all amateur attention economists, hoarding and bartering our moments - or watching them slip away down the cracks of a thousand YouTube clips. — Tom Chatfield
Right before I start the putter back, I think about making solid contact. This brings your attention to the back of the ball and helps… — Ernie Els
I think most amateurs dread playing a 180-plus-yard par 3 even more than a hard par 4. Part of it is psychological: You think you… — Ernie Els
I felt I could play in maybe a dozen tournaments a year as an amateur. — Matt Kuchar
In the mid-1970s, there was this huge boom of stand-up comedy throughout North America. I went to see a show at a club called Yuk-Yuks,… — Howie Mandel
I did ballet and gymnastics, and then I started acting when I was eight - just doing amateur theater at a place called Oldham Theatre… — Unknown Author
Before I ever acted as an amateur - which I did a great deal at school and at university - I used to go to… — Ian Mckellen

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