Best Amateurs Sayings

110 Amateurs quotes by 92 unique authors

I don't believe in inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. Some of the time you know you're cooking, and the rest of the time, you just… — Chuck Close
Universities are institutions run by amateurs to train professionals. — Derek Bok
America has always been a country of amateurs where the professional, that is to say, the man who claims authority as a member of an… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I might say that what amateurs call a style is usually only the unavoidable awkwardnesses in first trying to make something that has not heretofore… — Ernest Hemingway
We may complain and cavil at the anarchy which is the amateurs natural element, but in soberness we must agree that if the amateur did… — Jacques Barzun
The history of creation is but a succession of battles between amateurs of genius-inspired heretics- and orthodox professionals. — Jacques Barzun
Garden: One of a vast number of free outdoor restaurants operated by charity-minded amateurs in an effort to provide healthful, balanced meals for insects, birds… — Henry Beard
Several factors besides skill are more significant in professional writers than in most amateurs. One is love of the surface level of language: the sound… — Alice Weaver Flaherty
I never once went to a prostitute, maybe because so many enthusiastic amateurs were around. — Alexander Sutherland Neill
For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs. — John Bercow
I was always scared in the amateurs, but the minute I got in the ring it was like another person took over. I become more… — Nonito Donaire
American archaeology has always attracted lots of amateurs ... They were digging up Indian pottery all over the place. — Anthony F. C. Wallace
Amateurs look for challenges; professionals look for easy trades. Losers get high from the action; the pros look for the best odds. — Alexander Elder
Amateurs in professional situations make me very impatient. — David Coverdale
90% of the people in the stock market, professionals and amateurs alike, simply haven't done enough homework. — William O'Neil
Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a very personal level,… — Russell Simmons
Writing a novel is like building a wall brick by brick; only amateurs believe in inspiration. — Frank Yerby
The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics — Napoleon Bonaparte
In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might fear that the… — Jonathan Gottschall
One common adage...that is completely wrongheaded is: You can't go broke taking profits. That's precisely how many traders do go broke. While amateurs go broke… — William Eckhardt
Amateurs go broke taking large losses, professionals go broke taking small profits. — William Eckhardt
I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work. I suspect it's a bit like f***ing — which is fun only for amateurs. Old… — Hunter S. Thompson
There are a lot of things that can be learned from the darker corners of athletics. You have doctors who view bodybuilders as cavalier amateurs… — Tim Ferriss
There is no line of demarcation between the amateurs and the pros; everyone is using the same tactics and playing in the same arenas. The… — Lupe Fiasco

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