Amateurs Built Ark,Professionals Built Titanic (1990)

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AMATEURS BUILT THE ARK; PROFESSIONALS BUILT THE TITANIC

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Subject: Origin of saying "..amateurs built the ark - professionals built the
Titanic..".
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Question ID: 374618

What is the origin of the saying "...amateurs built the ark -professionals
built the Titanic..."?

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Subject: Re: Origin of saying "..amateurs built the ark - professionals built
the Titanic..".
From: pinkfreud-ga on 15 Jul 2004 13:29 PDT
There are many online mentions of a similar quote attributed to Dave Barry,
but I have found no evidence that Barry is the actual source,nor any verifiable
citation. The quote does not appear anywhere on Dave Barry's official
website.http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&
q=professionals+ark+titanic+%22dave+barry




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comp.sys.mac.misc - Jun 26, 1993 by Bill Drissel - View Thread (5 articles)

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... It was the amateurs who built Noah's Ark, but it was the professionals
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who designed and built the Titanic" - British Olympic official %%%%%
bit.listserv.novell - Jan 25, 1993 by Sarah Finn x3043 - Maths Support Staff
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Re: Let's hear from the lurkers!
... day. Could make for some interesting different threads..... Bill.etc
| Professionals built the Titanic--amateurs the ark. | - anon.
soc.singles - Oct 24, 1990 by Bill HMRP Vajk - View Thread (40 articles)