# Yogi Beraisms **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2009, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155 "2009-08-03T11:56:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/1 "2009-08-03T11:56:03Z")
Ever coin one yourself? If so, post it here. Mine is “I’ve created a monster in my own image”. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/2 "2009-08-03T12:19:33Z")
I certainly wasn’t the first to coin it, but I’ve been known to say “We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it.” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/3 "2009-08-03T13:36:04Z")
A Berraism is a quote that makes no sense, and you know exactly what it means. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/4 "2009-08-03T14:32:56Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > A Berraism is a quote that makes no sense, and you know exactly what it means. My favorite one is in my sig. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/5 "2009-08-03T14:33:56Z")
Most of this game is 50% percentages. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/6 "2009-08-03T14:39:07Z")
You can lead a horse, but you can’t make a sow disperse. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/7 "2009-08-03T14:40:54Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I certainly wasn’t the first to coin it, but I’ve been known to say “We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it.” Our version is “We’ll jump off that bridge when we get to it.” ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/8 "2009-08-03T15:26:20Z")
My favorite has always been: “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” According to wikipedia, he was referring to the St. Louis restaurant, Ruggeri’s. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/9 "2009-08-03T15:30:47Z")
90% of this game is half mental. Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore; it’s too crowded. If you see a fork in the road, take it. It ain’t over 'til it’s over. … and here’s [a few more](http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/y/yogi_berra.html). ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/10 "2009-08-03T15:36:23Z")
I just looked up one of my favorites and found out that it wasn’t a Berraism, but by Ted Williams, of all people: “If you don’t think too good, don’t think too much” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/11 "2009-08-03T17:53:01Z")
My favorite is “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” which I actually used in a paper. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/12 "2009-08-03T18:43:55Z")
We’ve all got our own cross to burn. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/13 "2009-08-03T18:48:36Z")
I heard this one: “I’ve never hit a woman, and I’ll never do it again!” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/14 "2009-08-03T19:10:38Z")
Sticking to the O.P., here’s one I came up with. Feel free to borrow it or use it as you like. “Not only is he out to lunch, he’s staying for Happy Hour.” As for a quote by Yogi himself, Whitey Ford swears this is true. Whitey and Yogi were sitting next to each other at Yankee Stadium for Old Timers’ Day in 2004 when a list of deceased Yankee stars was posted on the scoreboard. Yogi turned to Whitey and said, “Boy, I hope I never see my name up there.” ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/15 "2009-08-03T19:52:35Z")
My favorite: “the future ani’t what it used to be” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/16 "2009-08-03T20:09:35Z")
I used to have a boss who said, “It’s half o’ six o’ one, a dozen o’ the other.” Yeah, he was an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/17 "2009-08-03T20:11:04Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > My favorite: > “the future ani’t what it used to be” There’s also: “Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.” And my own: “History ain’t what it used to be.” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/18 "2009-08-03T21:01:42Z")
Another favorite: “pair up in threes.” > [@panache45](#): > > Yeah, he was an idiot. Bite your tongue! It takes a genius to be that stupid. Even if he didn’t always say what he said, it was always clear what he meant, except when it wasn’t. Making these up is fun. If you try hard enough, it should come naturally. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/19 "2009-08-03T22:17:22Z")
I’ve used “Green as a stop sign.” before when trying to describe a particular metalic color. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155/20 "2009-08-04T00:41:21Z")
Supposed his secretary once asked him if she could dispose of the really old office records, as they were running out of storage room. “Sure” sad Yogi, “but make copies first, just in case we need them again”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogi-beraisms/505155.md?page=2)