“My philosophy
like colour TV
is all there
in black and white”
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Professionalism
An amateur practices until he gets it right, a professional until he can't get it wrong.
Anonymous
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
Nicholas M. Butler
(1862-1947)
Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.
Anonymous
Professionals built the Titanic, amateurs built the Ark.
Anonymous