Who said "Even Napoleon had his Watergate" ?

[Elwood P Dowd]

Wish him a happy 86th birthday. One of my heroes from back in the 1950s - 1960s when I was young.


" A nickel is worth a dime anymore"

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

"I never said most of the things I said."

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

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

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

"Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical."

"Even Napoleon had his Watergate."

"Nobody ever goes to that place anymore, it's always too crowded."

"It's deja-vu all over again."

"It ain't over 'til it's over "

"Never answer an anonymous letter"

" I usually take a two hour nap from one to four"

[The Magistrate]

1. Indeed, Sir: "The Future Is Hard To Predict, On Account Of It Ain't happened Yet"

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

[Sonoman]

2. "Nobody goes there anymore ; it's too crowded."

The one and only.

Sonoman

[trackfan]

11. One the greatest practical examples of a paradox.

Pure genius!

[SheilaT]

3. Sorry to be so nit-picky, but

no one would have said "Even Napoleon had his Watergate" until at least 1972.

But "Even Napoleon had his Waterloo" was a saying.

[Leopolds Ghost]

6. He said it later, and it's his 86th birthday so, I'm guessing

Samuel Goldwyn? No wait. He was famous for similar sayings.

[trackfan]

12. This involves the "excruciating minutiae" of Major League Baseball. n/t

[deaniac21]

4. Bill Mazeroski? No, wrong but he did watch Bill's home run go over

his head in left field at Forbes in 1960, game 7 bottom of the ninth.

[The Magistrate]

5. That, Ma'am, was One Helluva World Series....

[deaniac21]

7. The only sieries won with a homer in the bottom of the ninth and

the losing team had the MVP.

[The Magistrate]

8. Losing Side Got Twice As Many Runs, Too, Ma'am

Timing, as they say, is everything.

[Throd]

9. Shakespeare?

[Blue-Jay]

10. I guessed, then googled.

I was correct. Yay me.

[oberliner]

13. Pretty much all of these have been debunked

Fun to pretend though I guess.

[demwing]

14. Yogi Berra

Who else? :)