#amateur

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#amateur #american #american politics #free #handed

I studied piano for many years, and I still play. I'm a complete amateur, and I wouldn't consider myself very good at all, but I enjoy it. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#complete #consider #enjoy #good #i

I was planning to remain an amateur for a while. ↗

— Tracy Austin

#i #planning #remain #while

I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics. ↗

— Bjork

#amateur #because #going #i #i can

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

— John E. Walker

#father #mason #pianist #stone #talented

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

— Ethel Waters

#business #great #show #show business #supply

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#article #college #compared #like #politician

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

#because #better #channel #competitor #criticism

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. ↗

— John McCarthy

#bureaucrats #even #even worse #often #professional

I can find my way from 500 A.D. through to 1066 pretty well as an amateur historian. ↗

— Robert Plant

#find #historian #i #i can #pretty