It is only the amateur [gardener] like myself who becomes obsessed and rejoices with a sadistic pleasure in weeds that are big and bad enough to pull, and at last, almost forgetting the flowers altogether, turns into a Reformer. (Quote by - Freya Stark)

Anytime they're like Moreno or the ones with super good amateur backgrounds, they have some tough times getting opponents. (Quote by - Sue Fox)

Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be. (Quote by - Albert Toutounzian)

In high school, Frank never participated in extra-curricular activities, like nature study, paintings or ceramics. Frank's hobby was a most interesting one: he was an amateur gynecologist. (Quote by - Dean Martin)

It was almost unmanageable last year. We barely squeezed in under the wire with the regular, senior and amateur divisions. I think it should be a lot smoother this year. (Quote by - John Kueper)

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained. (Quote by - Robert Graves)

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up. (Quote by - Jim Evans)

Logan's used to pressure. He won the junior amateur (last summer) in a playoff. He holds up well. He just peaked at the right time. He knows how to control his emotions. (Quote by - George Martin)

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur. (Quote by - Woodrow Wilson)

Obviously the current approach on steroids both in professional sports and amateur sports is not working. (Quote by - Armand Hammer)

Bloomberg made a lot of amateur mistakes early on and his personality is not great and sometimes he can't help himself. But he's a smart guy and he's matured. (Quote by - Douglas Muzzio)

I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year. (Quote by - Jahangir Khan)

I went back to being an amateur, in the sense of somebody who loves what she is doing. If a professional loses the love of work, routine sets in, and that's the death of work and life. (Quote by - Ada Bethune)

I am essentially an amateur medecin, and this to me is almost a mania. (Quote by - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin)

I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before. (Quote by - Cat Stevens)