Subject: Misspokements (Page 11)

[on phone] No, the doctor isn’t in just now. Oh, he won’t be back for a long, long time. He went out on one of those eternity cases.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

Colin had a hard on in practice earlier, and I bet he wished he had a hard on now.

motor racing commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

In no time, it will be a forgotten memory.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Communication Memory Misspokements Speech Time

The main quality a great third base coach must have is a fast runner.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach
Baseball Misspokements Sports

They laughed at Robert Fulton but without him, New York wouldn’t have a fish market.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

Rally points scoring is twenty for the fastest, eighteen for the second fastest, right down to six points for the slowest fastest.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

Fred Titmus has two short legs, one of them square.

Misspokements Sports

The officer ain’t interested in no renimiscencesof yours.

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

Once we were whining losers, but now we’re arrogant winners.

Buffalo Bills public relations man
Characteristics Misspokements Sports

Azinger is wearing an all back outfit: black jumper, blue trousers, white shoes and a pink tea-cosy hat.

British sports announcer
Appearance Clothing Misspokements

That noise in my earphones knocked my nose off and I had to pick it up and find it.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Misspokements

Morcelli has four fastest 1500-meter times ever; and all those times are at 1500 meters.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Communication Failure Misspokements Speech Success

He can be as good as he wants to be, that's how good he can be.

English football player & announcer
Misspokements Sports

Nobody in football should be called a genius; a genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

American football player & commentator
Football Misspokements Sports

I can definitely say, that had the police not been there this morning, there would have been no arrests.

British politician
Misspokements

…. Into lap 53, the penultimate last lap but one. 

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

Voosa Versa

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

When I played football, we were small, but we were slow. Our record was five and five; we lost five games at home and five on the road.

Texas businessman
Football Misspokements Sports

The Queen's Park Oval -– as its name suggests, absolutely round!

cricket commentator
Misspokements Sports

Wouldn’t have to live in miscomfort.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes