A Quote by Garson Kanin

Amateurs hope, professionals work.

Garson Kanin

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Hope Professionals Work

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Garson Kanin
American - Playwright
November 24, 1912 - March 13, 1999

In both the art and the business worlds, the difference between the amateurs and the professionals is simple: The professionals know they're winging it. The amateurs pretend they're not.

Amanda Palmer

Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs; professionals get to work.

Robert Genn

Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline.

Chuck Close

Relegating conservation to government is like relegating virtue to the Sabbath. Turns over to professionals what should be daily work of amateurs .

Aldo Leopold

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what.

Steven Pressfield

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we’re thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don’t show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin’, no matter what.

Steven Pressfield

I love mixing amateurs and professionals.

Lasse Hallstrom

Amateurs hope. Professional work.

Garson Kanin

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs.

Francois Truffaut

Universities are institutions run by amateurs to train professionals.

Derek Bok

On one thing professionals and amateurs agree: mothers can't win.

Margaret Drabble

Only amateurs attack machines; professionals target people.

Bruce Schneier

In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people.