Remembering Some Yogi Berra Quotes

On Summer Passing Us By

Yogi: "It ain't over till it's over".

Joann: "We still have three weeks of summer left."

On Political Conventions This Year

Yogi: "It's like deja vu, all over again."

Joann: "Same talk, same analysis, same protests."

On Media Coverage of Conventions

Yogi: "It was impossible to get a conversation going,

everybody was talking too much."

Joann: "How long can you listen to them?"

November 4, 2008 Election Day

Yogi: "It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it."

Joann: "Michaels has Halloween decor, so the election must be near."

Political Persuasions

Yogi: "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.

In practice there is."

Joann: "Emotions trump reasoning."

Who Will You Vote For?

Yogi: "I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.

Joann: "My answer is don't ask, don't tell."

On Political Speeches

Yogi: " Half the lies they tell me aren't true."

Joann: "Half the statements said are twisted."

Each Party's Presidential Candidate

Yogi: "He hits from both sides of the plate. He is amphibious."

Joann: "He really expresses himself. What did he just say? "

Politics and the Economy

Yogi: "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

Joann: "A ten dollar bill ain't worth a dime anymore."

Exercising Your Right to Vote

Yogi: "If people don't want to come out to the ballpark,

nobody's gonna stop 'em."

Joann: "If people don't want to come out to the polling booth,

nobody's gonna stop 'em."

Ralph Nader and Ron Paul and Other Also Rans

Yogi: "Slump? I ain't in no slump....I just ain't hitting."

Joann: "Slump? I ain't in no slump...I just ain't winning."

Winning in 2008

Yogi: "You wouldn't have won, if we had beaten you."

Joann: "Can't top this, so I will say it too. You wouldn't have won, if we had beaten you."