#amateur

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. ↗

— John McCarthy

#bureaucrats #even #even worse #often #professional

I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals. ↗

— David McCullough

#amateur #because #called #fairly #hand

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

#greatest #parenthood #preserve #remains #single

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur. ↗

— Will Rogers

#athlete #college #earned #pro #should

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

— Guido van Rossum

#decide #design #designer #language #own

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

#amateur #back #best #cannot #country

I am essentially an amateur medecin, and this to me is almost a mania. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#am #amateur #essentially #i #i am

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

— Cat Stevens

#any #attached #before #being #freedom

The amateur is very rare in French literature - as rare as he is common in our own. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#common #french #french literature #literature #our

We were watching the first series recently, and it has a charm, a kind of amateur charm. At that point we didn't involve ourselves technically at all - we just messed about and told our jokes - and it looks a bit like that. ↗

— Jennifer Saunders

#amateur #bit #charm #first #involve