==== distilled wisdom of Yogi Berra ==== A baseball yogi, of the 'yogi bear' variety. === yogiisms === * "This is like deja vu all over again." * "You can observe a lot just by watching." * "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." * "I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early." * "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else." * "If you can't imitate him, don't copy him." * "You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six." * "It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much." * "Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded." * "It gets late early out there." -- Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium. * "Do you mean now?" -- When asked for the time. * "I take a two hour nap, from one o'clock to four." * "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." * "I made a wrong mistake." * "If the fans don't come out to the ball park, you can't stop them." * "Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel." === meta === * "I never said half the things I really said." * http://www.yorku.ca/paull/textes/yogiberra.html