Subject: Misspokements (Page 10)

It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

The trouble with this business is the dearth of bad pictures.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Laundryette

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Many people think the Cards at the end of the wire will cross the finish line first.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Winning is better than the next worse thing.

American baseball pitcher

What happens to me next year will happen to me no matter what happens.

professional basketball player

Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

[singer] Jim Reeves died on the 31st July, 1964, but his career was not affected by his death.

English radio broadcaster

If my dead father was alive to hear that, it would kill him.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

So, where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

(1980 – ) popular singer

When you have women in that situation [the military] it just creates a whole new set of dynamics which are distracting to training these men to kill or be killed.

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)

There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Pretty soon somebody will come out of the dugout with a fork and get him.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

All I had to do is keep turning left!

auto racer

This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.

horse racing trainer & commentator

Considering what he done, I think it was highly aproplactic.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

The loss of life will be irreplaceable.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician