"Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."

[Weasels wake]

Here is some of the wit and wisdom of the late, great Yogi Berra:

On getting enough rest:

“I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.”

On "fan" mail:

“Never answer an anonymous letter.”

On education:

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

“You can observe a lot by watching.”

On the future:

“The future ain’t what it used to be.”

On travel:

“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”

“Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.”

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

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

On social life:

"Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."

“It gets late early out here.”

On youth sports:

“I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.”

On the human anatomy:

“I don’t know (if they were male or female) fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.”

On receiving advice:

“Take it with a grin of salt.”

On weather:

“It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.”

On finance:

“A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”

On baseball:

“In baseball, you don’t know nothing.”

“We made too many wrong mistakes.”

“So I’m ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face.”

“If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.”

“Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”

“All pitchers are liars or crybabies.”

“We were overwhelming underdogs.”

“Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.”

“He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”

“I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.”

“I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won 25 games. What I don’t understand is how he lost five.”

“I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.”

On being thought of as a philosopher:

"I didn't really say everything I said."

On death:

“You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”

[pdxmike]

Those are great.  My favorite was when the equipment manager asked him in spring training, "What size cap do you wear?"
"I don't know.  I'm not in shape yet."

[littleray]

His wife asked him"When you die,where would you like to be buried?"
His reply"I don't know,surprise me"

[SlatchJim]

My dad and Yogi were about the same age, and my mom used the "Nobody goes there" quote all the time.  I swear that half the idioms I used to attribute to my parents were from either Yogi Berra or Groucho Marx.  As I got older, I realized that my folks got their parental skills from reruns, martinis and vaudeville.  One of these days I'll check the credits on "Laugh-In" and won't be surprised to see a few branches of the Slatch family tree.

Rest in peace Yogi, you were the man!

[supthecreek]

Slatch.... don't be to hard on your parents... we all borrow what we steal 

and Yogi let us know that it was ok! Peace Mr. Berra.... walk, don't run.... you'll get there the same time.