While traveling to Berra’s house one may choose the left fork or the right fork and both are acceptable decisions because both efficiently lead to his house: 2009, Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee by Allen Barra, Quote Page xxxv, W. In 2009 the biography “Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee” by Allen Barra was published, and it included a wonderfully appealing rationale for Berra’s famous remark.
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Berra declared that he employed the phrase while explaining how to reach his house to Joe Garagiola. In 1998 the quotation appeared in “The Yogi Book” as noted at the beginning of this article. Or, as the great bard, Yogi Berra, has advised, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” For example, it was printed in a newspaper in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: 1991 April 19, Cedar Rapids Gazette, A University of Iowa laser center allegory by Duane Spriestersbach, Quote A, Column 4, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In 1991 the saying continued to circulate. The Dartmouth College student newspaper called a big meeting on campus “A Yogi Berra Affair.” The reason I thought it was funny is that I didn’t finish high school, and now college people use something I said, or maybe never said, to make a point. The commencement speaker at Arizona State used that in his speech last year. “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” I really don’t know about that one. The citations in 19 indicate that his opinion shifted: 1989 Copyright, Yogi: It Ain’t Over by Yogi Berra with Tom Horton, Quote, McGraw-Hill, New York. He identified some of the ascriptions as spurious, and he expressed uncertainty about whether or not he had spoken the saying under investigation. Within the first chapter Berra discussed the large and diverse set of sayings that have been credited to him over the years. In 1989 an autobiography titled “Yogi: It Ain’t Over” was released by Yogi Berra with Tom Horton. “As a manager, I love using a quote alleged to that wise old sage, Yogi Berra: ‘When you come to the fork in the road, take it!’ It helps our department lighten up the load when we face a difficult decision.” Nelson, Quote, Column 1 and 2, Auburn, New York. This is the earliest linkage to Berra located by QI: 1988 September 21, The Citizen, Gray Power Matters: Retirees need a good sense of humor by Dorothy H. In September 1988 an Auburn, New York newspaper printed a statement from a business manager who tentatively attributed the saying to Yogi Berra. Here are additional selected citations in chronological order. “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” (NewspaperArchive) 1913 July 31, Correctionville News, Wise Directions (Filler item), Quote, Column 6, Correctionville, Iowa.
The humor was based on wordplay and referenced the additional meaning of ‘fork’ as a dining utensil: 1913 July 31, Fort Gibson New Era, Wise Directions (Filler item), Quote, Column 6, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. newspapers such as the “Fort Gibson New Era” of Gibson, Oklahoma and the “Correctionville News” of Correctionville, Iowa one hundred years ago in 1913. Intriguingly, this same statement was used as part of a joke that was printed in several U.S. Garagiola was a long-time friend of Berra and a fellow baseball player. I was giving Joe Garagiola directions from New York to our house in Montclair when I said this. Quote Investigator: This precise quotation was printed in the salient 1998 work “The Yogi Book: I Really Didn’t Say Everything I Said!”, and its author Yogi Berra provided some context for his statement: 1998, The Yogi Book: I Really Didn’t Say Everything I Said! by Yogi Berra,, Workman Publishing, New York. When you come to a fork in the road, take it. This is my favorite on the topic of making decisions: He is also famous for his comically wise sayings which are known as ‘Yogiisms’. Dear Quote Investigator: Yogi Berra was a brilliant baseball player and manager.
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