Quotes About Amateur

Obama doesn't know how to be President. He doesn't know how the world works. He's incompetent. He's an amateur!

On Trial – Spurs are giving a month's trial to an amateur, Wm. E. Nicholson, an inside-right of Scarborough Working Men's Club. He recently celebrated his 17th birthday. His height is 5ft 8in and weight 10st 12lb.

Amateur grammar snobs are a lot like amateur gynecologists--they're everywhere, they're all to eager to offer their services, and they're anything but gentle.

Glenda Jackson called me an amateur in 1976 when we were in a play, 'The White Devil.' I've never forgiven her.

Jerry Brisco, who is a WWE Hall of Famer, goes out and scouts all of the amateur wrestling.

When I was six, I joined an amateur club called VK Tielrode in Belgium where I lived.

There are only so many hours in the day for amateur pursuits—and very few writers are as gifted as Wallace Stevens or T. S. Eliot or Sylvia Plath, able to generate something lasting from stolen moments.

AN ARTIST IS FIRST AN AMATEUR

I have never studied; I have had no training. I do a little of everything, and nothing well. I am only an amateur. (Chapter 5)

I grew up in New York City: Harlem, New York. I played ball for probably two of the biggest amateur basketball organizations in the city.

I did some traveling as an amateur and always loved the different places I saw.

I was insecure about sex. I've grown more secure. I used to use the amateur phylactics, and I only use the prophylactics now.

Nevertheless, if I have at times been able to make original contributions in the accelerator field, I cannot help feeling that to a certain extent my slightly amateur approach in physics, combined with much practical experience, was an asset.

I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at an amateur production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'

My main position on karaoke is just say no. I also think there should be a cut-off level where, once you reach a certain amount of talent or ability, you shouldn't be allowed to do karaoke anymore. Go get a band and actually do that. There's no need to show everybody else up.

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn't be surprised when you get amateur security.

It's all right to be a happy amateur. And it's all right to be truly gifted. But to be competent and middling bad at an artifice that you care about—that's a nightmare.

The Australian film industry has recognised Tropfest as a place to nurture young talent. It's a stepping stone between amateur and professional.

I can remember 1987 when I had my first amateur fight in Michigan, weighing 64lb. I was 10 years old. I was the youngest and smallest guy on my team. I can remember what I ate. There was this restaurant called Ponderosa, and my dad made me eat a steak. I was happy. It was a first round knockout. I slept with my trophy for two weeks.

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.

A friend of mine once, when I was 11 years old, mentioned that there was a youth theater, a local amateur youth theater nearby where young people could go every Sunday. And that's where it began, really.

We are all amateur attention economists, hoarding and bartering our moments - or watching them slip away down the cracks of a thousand YouTube clips.

So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.