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Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't go to yours.

  • 23-09-2015 02:08PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,244 ✭✭✭✭


    The title is one of the famous sayings of Yogi Berra, a US Baseball player and manager, who died yesterday at the age of 90. He had a ... unique way with words, you could say:
    Yogi Berra wrote:
    If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there.

    Baseball is 90% mental - the other half is physical.

    You can observe a lot by watching.

    If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.

    When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

    Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

    It's déjà vu all over again.

    It ain't over 'til it's over.

    I really didn't say everything I said. [...] Then again, I might have said 'em, but you never know.
    The Hanna-Barbera people strongly denied that Yogi Bear was in any way based on Yogi Berra, when he sued them. but ... ;)

    (He was a pretty good baseball player too, helping the NY Yankees to 10 World Series wins in his 17 years as their catcher.)

    Government resting upon the will and universal suffrage of the people has no anchorage except in the people's intelligence.

    — Grover Cleveland



Comments

  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Jesus I thought he had been dead for years. Man that was some innings(pun intended).

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    Another answer he allegedly gave was when asked did he want his pizza cut into 4 slices or 6, he said 4 as he didn't feel hungry enough to eat 6.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,237 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    That man was a genius. RIP. :cool:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,096 ✭✭✭conorhal


    He was damn right, if there was a poor turnout to my funeral I'd die of embarrasment!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,488 ✭✭✭tampopo


    I suppose, you could include him out, now....


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  • Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    He sounds like he might have been George W's public speaking coach.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,299 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Another answer he allegedly gave was when asked did he want his pizza cut into 4 slices or 6, he said 4 as he didn't feel hungry enough to eat 6.

    Heard that one attributed to Jason McAteer.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 782 ✭✭✭Reiver


    Candie wrote: »
    He sounds like he might have been George W's public speaking coach.

    Gift of the gab in a way!


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