I like those brainys

My father once said that if Mantle hadn't hurt his knees, he'd have made you forget any other ball player who ever played.

"Right" and "Old" are similar words in that each one has two opposites. Right-wrong and left....Old-new and young.

Uh, okay.

I'm in shape. Round is a shape.

"IFs" don't win ball games.

As I understood that one it's not a Blessing, it's used as a Curse.

But, "close" counts with hand grenades.

That is absolutely correct. Give the gentleman a cigar!

And nuclear weapons

"Best way to keep a secret. Keep it to yourself. Second best, tell one other person- if you must. There is no third best."/Gibbs' Rule 4.

Cliff Claven used the line in the sitcom "Cheers"

"I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
There's a door that should swing in both directions white and black.

Yes, and waking up next to a wife in a sleeping bag.

You must first be young and dumb before you can be old and wise. (I'm 82) ;-)

good ol' Cliff....did you see his narration program "Made In America" on Barbasol Shaving Cream and its new plant location in Ohio?

"Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead."

Trust me , you can be old and stupid too. If you were stupid your whole life getting old does not make you suddenly smart. Like the guy who backed into me today and instead of apologizing bitched because I was in his way. Stupid +10

Not necessarily.

So true..