dilettantes

• “Washington Post food writer William Rice described the couple in 1978 as "young and well entrenched in the New York social scene," adding that they were already facing an envy-fueled backlash and "have been characterized as dilettantes, social climbers and, inevitably, bad cooks.”

  The Washington Post: Michael Batterberry, 78, dies; editor of Food Arts magazine

• “Separating the real gardeners from the dilettantes is a tough assignment, but you are obviously up to the challenge.”

  Did You Really Think I Bought All Of These Plants? « Fairegarden

• “In addition to blogging about the Bible, and criticizing those "dilettantes" who talk about the Bible even though they do not have the relevant expertise and credentials, Jim West also blogs regularly about total depravity.”

  Shocking Revelations About Jim West

• “To Newbold, Kohn and other civilian critics are "dilettantes" or defensive and discredited neocons or Monday-morning quarterbacks, the kind who've never worn pads.”

  The Night of the Generals

• “Then Posner declares, as a matter of a priori psychological dogma, that moral arguments, no matter how sound or powerful, never convince anyone not already convinced anyway, so that unless moral philosophers are "dilettantes" who don't care whether their work has any practical consequences, they are wasting their time.”

  Philosophy & Monica Lewinsky

• “dilettantes," there are a number of annual story anthologies that usually represent an excellent sampling of current short fiction.”

  The Morning News

• “ÂBut they're not just sci-fi dilettantes... this stuff has real impact.”

  The Huffington Post: Susanna Murley: The DOE's Solar Decathlon Prepares Graduates for Green Jobs

• “But they're not just sci-fi dilettantes... this stuff has real impact.”

  The Huffington Post: Susanna Murley: The DOE's Solar Decathlon Prepares Graduates for Green Jobs

• “Putting computers and e-books in the hands of dilettantes will not change that.”

  The Wall Street Journal: More Technology Isn't the Answer to Our Education Needs

• “Do you know that the media uses the label "angry" when describing the nuts who run around and shoot people, and you're using it on me because instead of me using salon leisure class obfuscation, to fit in with the dilettantes and debutantes - I'm blunt!”

  Education Reform Bill Goes to Governor « PubliCola

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