Subject: Misspokements (Page 19)

And now the sequence of events in no particular order.

(1931 – ) television newscaster
Misspokements

He has got perfect control over the ball right up to the minute he lets it go.

Australian rules football player
Misspokements Sports

When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

(1943 – ) British prime minister & politician
Conflict Fights Misspokements

Reporter: Will you be rooting for the American League or National League in the All Star Game?

Dole: Probably.

(1923 – ) U.S. senator (Kansas) & presidential candidate
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I thought that "Roman candles" just meant that they were imported. You know, from Romany.

(1971 – ) American actress
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

I've got my faults, but living in the past isn't one of them; there's no future in it.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager
Future Misspokements Past Time

Never make predictions… especially about the future.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Future Misspokements Time

It’s a battle with himself and with the ticking fingers of the clock.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

Why does everybody stand up and sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ when they’re already there?

professional baseball player
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I couldn't settle in Italy – it was like living in a foreign country.

Welsh football player
Misspokements Places

Yes, Frances [his wife] has the most beautiful hands in the world – and someday I’m going to have a bust made of them.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Misspokements

E before O except before E-I-E-I-O.

(1971 – ) American actress
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

Only one percent of the oil pollution in the sea is the result of oil drilling, while 63 percent is the result of natural seepage on the ocean floor.

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)
Intelligence Misspokements Stupidity

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)
Government Military Misspokements People Women

The United States has so much to offer the third world war.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor
Misspokements

You don’t like to see hookers going down on players like that.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator
Misspokements Sports

Nothing means nothing, but it isn’t really nothing because nothing is something that isn’t.

professional basketball player
Misspokements

Go back to what our founders and our founding documents meant – they’re quite clear –- that we would create law based on the God of the Bible and the Ten Commandments.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author
Beliefs God Government Misspokements Stupidity

The Baltimore Colts are a bright young team; it seems as if they have their future ahead of them.

(1919 – 2006) American sports announcer
Future Misspokements Sports Things

Speaking from memory, I don't know how many points Nelson Piquet has.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

Sportscaster: The extra point is no good!

Robert Scott: Then it isn’t an extra point, is it?

Football Misspokements Sports