Posted on 04/16/2025 6:17:50 AM PDT by Rummyfan
For a couple of decades now, I have put out a list of the best and most obnoxious quotes of the year. The most obnoxious quotes always get much more attention for understandable reasons, but that’s just how it is these days, isn’t it? The most outrageous, blood pressure-raising, anger-producing events get all the eyeballs, and the real news, brilliant insights, and uplifting sentiments tend to get ignored.
Well today, we’re going to be giving those “best of” quotes the respect they deserve. What you are about to read is a little snapshot of history, the best quotes from 2014 – to the present. Enjoy!
20) “In the past, if a 21-year-old said they had ‘trauma’, or were on the receiving end of ‘violence,’ it usually meant they’d seen their mates get blown up in the trenches, or had been shot. Now it just means they saw a Tweet.” — Charlotte Gill
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…One of the reasons we’re never going to be successful as a whole, is because of other black people. And for some reason, we are brainwashed to think, if you’re not a thug or an idiot, you’re not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligently, and don’t break the law, you’re not a good black person. And it’s a dirty, dark secret.
…There are a lot of black people who are unintelligent, who don’t have success. It’s best to knock a successful black person down because they’re intelligent, they speak well, they do well in school, and they’re successful… We’re the only ethnic group who say, ‘Hey, if you go to jail, it gives you street cred.’ It’s just typical BS that goes on when you’re black, man.” — Charles Barkley
“We made too many wrong mistakes.”
“You can observe a lot by watching.”
“The future ain’t what it used to be.”
“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”
“I usually take a two hour nap from one to four.”
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
“It gets late early out there.”
“If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.”
“Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.”
“If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark,
nobody’s going to stop them.”
“Pair up in threes.”
Guess who?
20) “In the past, if a 21-year-old said they had ‘trauma’, or were on the receiving end of ‘violence,’ it usually meant they’d seen their mates get blown up in the trenches, or had been shot. Now it just means they saw a Tweet.” — Charlotte Gill
Barkley’s quote was basically wrapped in the classic Chris Rock “Black People Vs. N_____s” routine.
Yogi!
1) "Fight! Fight! Fight!" — Donald Trump
Those are all from Yogi.
Yeah, that's pretty awesome!
It aint over ‘till its over.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
If people don’t want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
The future ain’t what it used to be.
Its deja vu all over again.
“Don’t touch my junk!”
Yup :)
Yup :) We lost a legend when he passed!
That one may be from shortly after 9/11, so more than a decade.
But “Don’t taze me bro!” I think is still just under 10 years old!
If you don’t go to other people’s funerals, they won’t go to yours.
My dad explained who Yogi was and what it was he was saying. I was immediately enthralled by this super short ugly New Yorker who murmured these jewels of wisdom.
Some of the guys playing on the field actually had to have some skill playing baseball. Thats not all we kept Yogi around for.
I do not know who she quoting, but my junior high granddaughter came up with:
“Whiteboards are the most remarkable invention in the last 50 years.”
Yogi was a keeper!
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