Amateurs

The first impulse among amateurs is to look for easy explanations and easily identifiable villains. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Pfft. Fuckin 'amateurs who have no concept of the strong women and hell-raising men who built that city over five hundred years of madness and colonialism, much less the Baroness Michaela y Almonaster de Pontalba! ❋ Unknown (2008)

What Andy Warhol said about professionals vs. amateurs is true not just in theatre, but in lots of DIY pursuits such as brewing your own beer. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It takes a little more time, but this extra step is what often separates the amateurs from the pros when it comes to submitting. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Far more urgent than protecting our profession from amateurs is the need to protect it from ourselves. ❋ Jonathan (2004)

Club on Sea Island, pitting the best amateurs from the United States against ❋ Unknown (2001)

The biggest thing in evaluating both pros and amateurs is making sure we do our homework so that when its time for the entire scouting staff to come together, we can make the best possible decisions for the franchise. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Mr. Pizotti had taught them how to enter properly, and how to take their cues; but to Jess's mind he was not the man to train amateurs to speak their parts with naturalness. ❋ Unknown (1914)

Perhaps as a result, the low-cost carriers are also usually full of what I call "amateurs" -- families travelling on vacation, or those insufferable people who stumble through airports looking as if they've never heard of air travel before. ❋ Unknown (2007)

One of the retorts that used to spring to my mind when people criticized us for being "amateurs" -although statistically I regard the Hockey Team as amateurs – was this: if we found this many mistakes, can you imagine how many mistakes a "real" expert would find? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Not only because he was a lawyer, i.e. a professional among "amateurs" - people recruited into public life from other professions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

• The Pirates signed eight Latin American amateurs and assigned them to their Dominican Summer League team: shortstops Maximo Rivera and Ramses Pena; outfielder Luis Urena; right-handed pitchers Arquimedes Lorenzo, Cristopher DeLeon, Luis Alfonzo Valdez and Anuedy Merejo; and left-hander Darlin Alduey. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Pirates also signed eight Latin American amateurs and assigned them to their Dominican Summer League team: shortstops Maximo Rivera and Ramses Pena; outfielder Luis Urena; right-handed pitchers Arquimedes Lorenzo, Cristopher DeLeon, Luis Alfonzo Valdez and Anuedy Merejo, and left-hander Darlin Alduey. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As mentioned earlier, it’s what separates the amateurs from the pros. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He was aghast that so many beautiful women, including so-called amateurs, had adopted such a lifestyle, lucrative though it probably was. ❋ Vic Fortezza (2011)

Whitehall financial officers who spend £678bn a year have been described as amateurs by the National Audit Office. ❋ Valleys Mam (2008)

While Operation Eagle Eye was directed from the command posts of the RNC by professionals, the people on the ground—poll-watchers and challengers—were often amateurs, which is to say Election Day volunteers who may have had only cursory training. ❋ Unknown (2008)

CURNOW: While in high school, Sello joined the Mamelodi fencing club, a ragtag group of township amateurs, which is still based in this old school classroom. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Amateurity symptons include: (1) The artist referring to anyone who stumbles on their page as their "fan"; (2) The artist posting a blog that says "I'm sorry I haven't been able to get back to all of you as I've been so busy (selling out [stadiums] and [signing autographs], no doubt); (3) The artist referring to their page, written boldly across the top, as "The Official" Brittany Fartkowski Page (Is this the real Brittany Fartkowski or a [different one]?). ❋ Enough Blubba (2009)

[The Olympics] used to be only for [amateur] athletes but recently they have been allowing professional athletes to [participate] ❋ Bhubaneswar (2018)

that shit was amateur, but he still got a good grade somehow. fuck. [dammit]. [where'd] [you get that] amateur shit, WordArt? ❋ Ma Jones (2004)

me: have you played online games Connor: Yes i have actually, my online [stats] are good me: But I saw them and they were 0-0-0 Connor: But I have played [friendlies] Me: You [amateur] lying prick! ❋ BaneeeeeeeisaBEAST (2013)

John: Got laid? Nick: Yeah. John: Satisfaction granted? Nick: Hell yeah, going like a pro like always!! John: [Yeha], like a [grand master]... Nick: I'm no [amateur]. ❋ Bongholmes (2012)

[Tenny]: My sister loves [fucking with] her bf because she loves him. [Ana]: Oh, an amateur huh. ❋ Feles (2005)

He was an [amateur] [last night]. ❋ GDPYT (2018)

1. [Tenny]: My sister loves [fucking with] her bf because she loves her. [Ana]: Oh, an amateur huh. ❋ Feles (2005)

"I heard Brian was an [amateur virgin]" "What?" "Someone said he told [em] he's only had sex with [prostitutes]" ❋ Killuhkill (2015)

My mom forgot the pickles and [mayo] on my [sammich]! What is this, [amateur hour]? ❋ JakeStar (2005)