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Professional competitions are overrated.

Quote by Oksana Baiul

Professional soldiers are predictable; the world is full of dangerous amateurs.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, world

Professional criminals are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, criminals, world

Professional photographers are predictable; the world is full of dangerous amateurs.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about photography, world

Professional pride is the only one which is creative and can be, morally speaking, justified. Creation and moral RightWords Translation

Quote by Marin Preda about proudness, creation, moral

Three words that still have meaning, that I think we can apply to all professional writing, are discovery, originality, invention. The professional writer discovers some aspect of the world and invents out of the speech of his time some...

Quote by John Dos Passos about invention, originality, writers, writing, world, time

The pursuit of science does not, in England, constitute a distinct profession, as it does in many other countries.

Quote by Charles Babbage about country, science

To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance.

Quote by Charles Babbage about medicine, science, knowledge, history

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

Quote by Richard Bach about writers

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Those moments right before we invaded, I wish that I could have done something. But professionally, I don't go in that direction of choosing things based on personal politics.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about politics, wish, rightness, things

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

Quote by Lord Acton about teaching, tests, faith, public, good, good luck

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about politics

I think the ISU should open up the rules for all the professionals to skate more so that they can contribute along with the amateurs to the sport of figure skating.

Quote by Oksana Baiul about rules, sport

I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get.

Quote by Andre Agassi about sport, career, age, olderness

My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This is something I really know about. Even when I was a kid, it was a profession my father couldn't stay in, because he couldn't make enough money.

Quote by Warren Beatty about teachers, mother, money

I became aware of how consuming the profession was and how it was ripping my family life apart.

Quote by Armand Assante about work, family, life

It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all.

Quote by Armand Assante about work

The profession had a profound saddening effect on my life.

Quote by Armand Assante about work, life

I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.

Quote by Michael Caine about actors, talent