Yogiism, noun, not a type of meditation but an amusing speech error or paradox of a kind associated with Yogi Berra, a Hall-of-Fame baseball player for the New York Yankees. (source: Wikipedia.com)

Examples:

“It get late early out there.”

“Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.”

“I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.”

When asked what time it is he said, “ You mean right now?”


His sayings are usually surreal, ridiculous, absurd, and make use of clichés. They are refreshing, wouldn't you say! Do you have any favorite Yogiisms? Post them here maybe we can make a good collection of them.

A good article on Mr. Berra is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_Berra

Some Yogiisms pron. (Yo-ghee-isms :

A nickle isn't worth a dime today.

You better cut the pizza in four pieces, because I'm not hungry enought to eat six.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

If you can't imitate him don't copy him.

I made a wrong mistake.

If you come to a fork in the road take it.

Ninty per-cent of the game is half mental.

The future ain't what it used to be.

Pitching always beats batting- and vice versa.

If the world were perfect it would not exist.

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

Half of the lies they tell us aren't true.

Always go to other people's funerals or they won't come to yours.