Quotes About Amateurs

Have heard of armies where boss is not told to shut up – word is 'discipline.' But we were amateurs.

His curiosity and love of gossip, albeit with an academic slant, made even the loudmouthed women in the bazaar look like rank amateurs.

At his shoulder, Arno Blunt continued staring at Butler. The Fowl bodyguard blinked freely: in the event of confrontation, dry eyeballs would only lessen his advantage. Staring matches were for amateurs.

Look, I debate for a living so I don't need to learn any lessons from amateurs.

A true investor's money is always moving, acquiring new assets, and then moving on to acquire even more assets. Only amateurs park their money.

However, he didn't have a high opinion of the average man's ability as a fighter. The majority of men couldn't fight at all and even most outlaws were the merest amateurs when it came to battle. Few could shoot well, and even fewer had any mind for strategy.

American archaeology has always attracted lots of amateurs ... They were digging up Indian pottery all over the place.

I have come to understand that life is too complex and much too short to let amateurs direct the story. I would rather let the Master Storyteller do the writing.

I know I will have to prove I am the best and make history in pro boxing, but I have no doubts about it, as I did in the amateurs, and I will do it as a pro.

I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about.

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it.

Comedy, Lorne often said, is too important to be left to professionals.

Anytime you're afraid to try something new...just remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.

My main objective is to prepare candidates for professional baseball however, the majority of our graduates will go home as much better qualified amateurs.

The professional world makes a lot of young amateurs dream, and to go from one to the other can inspire others, like me, when I heard stories of Didier Drogba and Adil Rami, who went from being amateurs to becoming pros.

Conor is not emulating me. He has to be his own man and learn his trade from the start. He will fight in the amateurs and then, if it works, the pros.

People ask me if I'm going to open a school. Why not? I think I should. Maybe not a typical school where anyone can come but with young fighters definitely one day. I don't have the nerves for amateurs.

By and large, I feel that the more interesting work in the field of murder is done by amateurs. They are people who perform their work with dignity and good taste, leavened with a sense of the grotesque. There is polite and wholesome mayhem, practiced by civilized people, and I personally enjoy it.

I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.

We differ in our speed. My brother always had more power than I did in the amateurs. He would punch for power and I would punch for speed. But as we turned pro and we developed with each other, we became more alike. I use a little more power now than I used to.

When I fought in the amateurs and fought New York guys, they had a different swag, a different style, and maybe they didn't take a liking to Texas fighters to begin with.

Today's amateurs are tomorrow's champions.

Rising amateurs always intimidate falling masters.