The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

Meaning of the quote

The towels in the hotel were really thick and fluffy, so when Yogi Berra tried to put them in his suitcase, it was very difficult to close it because there was so much extra space taken up by the thick towels. This quote shows Yogi Berra's amusing and quirky way of describing a simple situation that many people can relate to.

About Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra was a legendary American baseball player who had an impressive career with the New York Yankees, winning 10 World Series championships. He was known for his malapropisms, power hitting, and defensive skills as a catcher, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.

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It gets late early out there.

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You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.

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It’s pretty far, but it doesn’t seem like it.

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I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.

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We made too many wrong mistakes.

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If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to answer.

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He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.

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Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.

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Slump? I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.

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You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.

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How can you think and hit at the same time?

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The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

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It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.

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Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

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There are some people who, if they don’t already know, you can’t tell ’em.

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It ain’t over till it’s over.

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You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.

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I wish I had an answer to that because I’m tired of answering that question.

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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

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Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.

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I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.

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I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.

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When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.

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I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

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All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

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I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.

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Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

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If the world was perfect, it wouldn’t be.

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I’m a lucky guy and I’m happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.

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It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

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A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.

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It’s like deja-vu, all over again.

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If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

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You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.

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If people don’t want to come out to the ball park, nobody’s gonna stop ’em.

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The future ain’t what it used to be.

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I never said most of the things I said.

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