Opinion Snips

Malapropisms

several youths with smart phones

“No one is the suppository of all wisdom.” Tony Abbott, Australian prime minister

“they misunderestimated me”
“working hard to put food on your family” George W. Bush, U.S. president
 
“let’s not reinvent the ocean”
“read between the tea leaves”
“I know it like the back of my head”
“he’s going to be so happy he’ll be like a canary in a coal mine!” Mike O’Brien, auto executive

“I find nothing more depressing than optimism.” Paul Fussell, culturalist and historian

Yogi-isms from the great Yogi Berra, baseball player, coach, observer

“It ain’t over ‘til it’s over”

“It’s déjà vu all over again.”

“You can observe a lot by watching.”

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

“Always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise they won’t go to yours.”

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

“I really didn’t say everything I said.”

“90% of the game is half mental.”