Amateur Quotes - page 2

I'll always be an amateur photographer. (Elliott Erwitt)

Later in July I'm going to be promoting and putting on a boxing show of amateur fighters from July 21st through the 28th where one hundred kids will be fighting and competing with each other to see who's going to be the best.

Alexis Arguello

Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur.

Alfred Eisenstaedt

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.

Avery Brundage

But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.

Billy Joe Saunders

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way.

Brian Boitano

It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at cricket, knew one or two Latin texts and a few zingy Oscar Wilde quotes for dinner parties, you were pretty much ready to go and run some outpost in Hindustan.

Damian Lewis

There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business.

Ethel Waters

If you decide to design your own language, there are thousands of sort of amateur language designer pitfalls.

Guido van Rossum

Amateur feed on hope. Professionals work.

Garson Kanin

Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur. (Harold Prince)

My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist.

John E. Walker

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

John Polson

My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.

Lasse Hallstrom

I always had the desire to perform. If it wasn't my career now, I'd still be doing amateur dramatics. It's just something you love, and when you get paid to do it, you pinch yourself every day.

Mathew Baynton

If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.

Red Adair

Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.

Sergei Bubka

So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.

Scott Hamilton

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.'

Zoe Tapper

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.

Simon van der Meer

$I do believe that in a race, it is naive to think Linux has a hope of making a dent against Microsoft starting from way behind with a fraction of the resources and amateur labor. (Ken Thompson)$

By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur.

Stephen Sondheim

I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before.

Cat Stevens

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

Donald Rumsfeld

To me, America used to be a place that made steel, and cars, and had giant department stores. Now, basically, we produce amateur talent and people [who] judge amateur talent.

Jerry Seinfeld

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