STATUS QUOtes — 20201208

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”

— Margaret Thatcher —

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“One man in his time plays many parts.” — William Shakespeare

“Weakness can be coached to average, but strength can be leveraged to the moon.” — Laurence Endersen

“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.” — H. L. Mencken

“Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.” — Yogi Berra

 

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I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20201026

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”

— Margaret Thatcher —

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“You just have to let people love you in the way they can.” — Ann Brashares

“Throw out an alarming alarm clock. If the ring is loud and strident, you’re waking up to instant stress. You shouldn’t be bullied out of bed, just reminded that it’s time to start your day.” — Sharon Gold

“Choice has always been a privilege of those who could afford to pay for it.” — Ellen Frankfort

“It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.” — Yogi Berra

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200408

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“As the twig is bent the tree inclines.” — Virgil

“I love that blurry place where life’s transitions are made without you even knowing it.” — Ann Brashares

“Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than those who are most content.” — Bob Dylan

“I want to thank you for making this day necessary.” — Yogi Berra

 

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A Baseball Incident to Remember: Yogi Berra

I am not necessarily a strong believer in fate, but I have to admit that every so often there is an event that makes me wonder if the universe has not conspired to bring all the factors into alignment at a given moment.


Yogi Berra at age 90
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I grew up in NYC and like many, I was a NY Yankee fan. I saw many ball games at Yankee Stadium during those halcyon years. Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra were among my heroes.

I just finished reading a book that I can recommend for anyone who loves baseball, the NY Yankees or Yogi Berra. My Dad Yogi by Dale Berra is entertaining and insightful. The focus is on Yogi Berra; a talented ball player and all around excellent human being. There are other family stories as well and fans will be more than happy with the book.

There is one incident in the book, however which I found fascinating. Here is a summary.

Background Information – “George Steinbrenner fired Yogi after just 16 games of the 1985 season when he previously said that Yogi would have his job as manager all season. Yogi Berra, No. 8, said he would not come back to the Stadium as long as Steinbrenner ran the team. He has not come back. He said yesterday he would not be at the first game of this Series, any of the games. The Series thus misses an honored guest. [ed]”

You can read more about the incident HERE

Yogi did not return to Yankee Stadium or have anything to do with the team for the next 14 years. He felt that Steinbrenner owed him an apology and would not consider being part of Yankee baseball until he received one.

Joe DiMaggio, on his death bed, convinced George Steinbrenner to make up with Yogi. When the Yogi Berra Museum was opened, Steinbrenner took the opportunity to mend fences and Yogi Berra agreed!

Now for the unbelievable “coincidence” (Based on the book by Dale Berra)…

  • On July 18,1999 – Yogi Berra Day – A Ferry named the Yogi Berra was re-routed from Weehawken NJ to NYC – to the Harlem River to make it easy to get to Yankee Stadium.
  • Joe Torres was Yankee Manager.
  • Don Larson (the only pitcher to throw a perfect game in a World Series – 1956), threw out the first pitch that day to Yogi Berra who was the catcher during that perfect game!
  • When Joe Torres was 16, he managed to get a ticket to watch Don Larson pitch his perfect game to Yogi during game 5 in the 1956 World Series.
  • Unbelievably, David Cone pitched a perfect game on this very special day AND to top it off, it was Joe Torre’s birthday.


David Cone's perfect game
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As NY Yankee announcer Mel Allen might have said: “How about that!?”

STATUS QUOtes — 20181110

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“There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but only one view.” — Chinese Proverb

“The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.” — Frank Herbert

“We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have these because we have acted rightly.” — Will Durant

“I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia; let them walk to school like I did!” — ‘Yogi’ Berra

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180610

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“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.” — Roald Dahl

“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” — Douglas Adams

“All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

“I used to look like this when I was young and now I still do.” — ‘Yogi’ Berra

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170202

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“Honor the space between no longer and not yet.” — Nancy Levin

“I don’t care about spots on my apples / Leave me the birds and the bees / Please!” — Joni Mitchell

“Trouble is part of your life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.” — Dinah Shore

“I knew exactly where it was, I just couldn’t find it.” — ‘Yogi’ Berra

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20161113

“Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.” — Mike Ditka

“So, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me, because I, too, am fluent in silence.” — R. Arnold

“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” — Ayn Rand

“It gets late out there early.” — ‘Yogi’ Berra

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20160626

“Find the one who hears your music the same as you do.” — Topher Kearby

“My mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general, if you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope.’ Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.” — Pablo Picasso

“The spirited horse, which will of itself strive to beat in the race, will run still more swiftly if encouraged.” — Ovid

“It’s not too far; it just seems like it is.” — ‘Yogi’ Berra

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20160404

“Necessity dispenseth with decorum.” — Thomas Carlyle

“Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.” — Martha Graham

“There’s nothing wrong with celebrating the good things in our past. But memories, like witnesses, do not always tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” — Stephanie Coontz

“If the world was perfect, it wouldn’t be.” — Yogi Berra

 

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