Jim's Favorite Famous Quote, Quip, Axiom, and Maxim Repository
Yogi Berra
Lawrence Berra
Yogi Berra.
BornMay 12, 1925
St. Louis, Missouri
Baseball player. Won three American League Most Valuable Player awards. First major league manager to reach World Series in both leagues (1964 Yankees, 1973 Mets). Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The repository contains 15 quotes from Yogi Berra.

ClassicsFunnyWords of Wisdom

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

Funny

Never answer an anonymous letter.

Comebacks

To the wife of New York City Mayor John Lindsay, who said that he looked cool:

Thanks. You don’t look so hot yourself.

Money

A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.

ComebacksDeath

To his wife who asked him where she should bury him if he were to die first:

Surprise me.

Funny

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

Comebacks

When asked if the streakers that ran across the field were men or women:

I don’t know. They had bags over their heads.

Funny

I’m lost but I’m making good time.

Sports

I’d rather be the Yankees catcher than the president, and that makes me pretty lucky, I guess, because I could never be the president.

Funny

Nobody goes where the crowds are anymore. It’s too crowded.

Comebacks

When asked by his second grade teacher if he knew anything:

Ma’am, I don’t even suspect anything.

Funny

You have to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going because you might not get there.

Reputation

Half the lies they tell about me aren’t true.

Quotations

I never said half the things I said.

Comebacks

Upon being asked his hat size:

I don’t know, I’m not in shape.