Subject: Misspokements (Page 36)

I’m willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Allegations are all very well but I would like to know who these alligators are.

I’m telling you that Porsche was literally right up my arse in the fast lane of the motorway.

This has been a great season for Nelson Piquet, as he is now known, and always has been.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

Just imagine what he’ll be like when senility kicks in… if it hasn’t already.

English former football player & manager

Go ahead, spew it off your chest.

 It’s obvious these Russian swimmers are determined to do well on American soil.

British swimmer & sports commentator

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

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

You have really solidified the Mets' centerfield problem.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

It was gone before it got outta here; it was going that fast.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Fred Davis, the doyen of snooker, now 67 years of age and too old to get his leg over, prefers to use his left hand.

BBC commentator

I want to thank each and every one of you for having extinguished yourselves this session.

Texas politician

It’s too caustic, said a director, when asked his opinion of a script.

Goldwyn: To hell with the cost, if it’s a good picture, we’ll make it.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Everybody knows that I have been pumping Martin Leslie for a couple of seasons now.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

Tonight I’m going to listen with my ears.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

He dribbles a lot and the opposition don’t like it – you can see it all over their faces.

English former football player & manager

It’s absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

My eyesight went blurry from the lastitude they put in the mushrooms.

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

My fellow astronauts…

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

I don’t pay any attention to him… I don’t even ignore him.

(1879 – 1974) film producer