Yogi Berra's background
In his youth Lawrence Peter Berra went to a movie with some friends associated with the neighborhood Stag Athletic Club baseball team on the Hill (in St. Louis).
We went to a movie one afternoon, and there was one of those yogi characters in the picture. Coming out of the joint, one of the kids looked at me, started laughing, and
said: "Hey, Berra walks just like that yogi in the movie." I've been Yogi ever since.
As quoted in "Yogi Credits Dickey For His Climb" by Harry Grayson, in The Hendersonville Times-News (Thursday, November 22, 1951), p. 8.
As quoted in "Yogi Credits Dickey For His Climb" by Harry Grayson, in The Hendersonville Times-News (Thursday, November 22, 1951), p. 8.
Malapropism's or Yogiisms?
There is a famous "Malapropism" where, in a stage-play, a character named Mrs. Malaprop makes mention of "an allegory on the banks of the Nile".
Mrs. Malaprop's character presumably had - An Alligator - in her mind.
Or, rather, had it in her mind to say "An Alligator".
It is not really relevant to an understanding of - what 'a Malapropism' is - that "allegories" are, in point of fact, not native to Africa.
Or, rather, had it in her mind to say "An Alligator".
It is not really relevant to an understanding of - what 'a Malapropism' is - that "allegories" are, in point of fact, not native to Africa.
Yogi Barra quotations and quotes that qualify as being - Yogiisms
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
Yogi Berra
(On the 1973 Mets) We were overwhelming underdogs.
Yogi Berra
The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.
Yogi Berra
Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise they won't go to yours.
Yogi Berra
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!
Yogi Berra
I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
Yogi Berra
If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.
Yogi Berra
If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there.
Yogi Berra
We're lost, but we're making good time.
Yogi Berra
It ain't over till it's over.
Yogi Berra
It gets late early out there.
Yogi Berra
Little things are big.
Yogi Berra
Pair up in threes.
Yogi Berra
We made too many wrong mistakes.
Yogi Berra
You can observe a lot by watching.
Yogi Berra
I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
Yogi Berra
It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
Yogi Berra
You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
Yogi Berra
It's like déjà vu all over again.
Yogi Berra
The future ain't what it used to be.
Yogi Berra
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
Yogi Berra
He must have made that before he died.
Yogi Berra
I never said most of the things I said.
Yogi Berra
About the quotations and quotes attributed to Yogi Berra.
Yogi Berra, christened Lawrence, is the Sam Goldwyn of the baseball industry. The late Goldwyn, a highly successful movie executive, was famous for his quaint and curious aberrations in talking:Such Sam Goldwyn quotations and quotes include:
"Gentlemen, include me out."
"I can answer that in two words: im-possible!"
"Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined."
These lapses, known as Goldwynisms, were mainly the creations of the Goldwyn press department. And so it is with Berra - a public relations man, Jackie Farrell, of the New
York Yankees, contrived most of the quips and gaffes attributed to the illustrious catcher-turned-manager.
Walter Moncrief, from "Yogi Berra's Humor - a Story With a Catch" in The Milwaukee Journal (Monday, June 17, 1974), p. 16.
Walter Moncrief, from "Yogi Berra's Humor - a Story With a Catch" in The Milwaukee Journal (Monday, June 17, 1974), p. 16.