You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.
Yogi Berra (1925-2015) American baseball player, coach, manager [b. Lawrence Peter Berra]
(Attributed)
Variants:
- "If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there."
- "If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else."
Quotations by:
Berra, Yogi
Yeah, but we’re making good time.
Yogi Berra (1925-2015) American baseball player, coach, manager [b. Lawrence Peter Berra]
(Spurious)
When told by Joe Garagiola (or Phil Rizzuto) the car they were in was lost, according to Merle Jones in 1963. Berra says he used the phrase, but with his family in 1972. The joke (not by Berra) can be found dated back to at least the late 1940s. More here.
It’s déjà vu all over again.
Yogi Berra (1925-2015) American baseball player, coach, manager [b. Lawrence Peter Berra]
What Time Is It? You Mean Now? (2003)
Always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise they won’t go to yours.
Yogi Berra (1925-2015) American baseball player, coach, manager [b. Lawrence Peter Berra]
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! (2002)
The future ain’t what it used to be.
Yogi Berra (1925-2015) American baseball player, coach, manager [b. Lawrence Peter Berra]
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! (2002)
If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.
Yogi Berra (1925-2015) American baseball player, coach, manager [b. Lawrence Peter Berra]
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! (2002)
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
Yogi Berra (1925-2015) American baseball player, coach, manager [b. Lawrence Peter Berra]
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! (2002)
Berra says this is actually part of the directions to drivers going to his house in Montclair, New Jersey; there is a fork in the road, but either branch will get you to the destination.