Yogi Berra's malaprops

JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need. JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM
Mon Dec 17 01:53:56 UTC 2007


The following is from a newspaper clipping, source and date unknown.

<quote>
"It ain't over till it's over."
"Never answer an anonymous letter."
"I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four."
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it"
"I didn't really say everything I said."
"You can observe a lot by watching."
"You mean now?" (in response to being asked what time it was)
"The future ain't what it used to be."
"It gets late early out there."
"Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded."
"So I'm ugly.  So what?  I never saw anyone hit with his face."
"Baseball is 90 percent mental.  The other half is physical."
"We ust agree differently."  (On his clashes with Yankees owner Geore Steinbrenner when Berra managed the team.)
"Thanks.  You don't look so hot yourself."  (In response to New York Mayor John Lindsay's wife complimenting him on appearing cool on a sweltering afternoon.)

Sources:  Yogi Berra Museum, Bartlett's Quotations, the Associated Press.
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