Mama had an appreciation of the language. She taught me a love of words, of how they should be used and how they can fill a creative soul with a passion and lead to a life’s work.
LEWIS GRIZZARDMama had an appreciation of the language. She taught me a love of words, of how they should be used and how they can fill a creative soul with a passion and lead to a life’s work.
LEWIS GRIZZARDIt’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.
LEWIS GRIZZARDThey tore out my heart and stomped that sucker flat.
LEWIS GRIZZARDThe only way that I could figure they could improve upon Coca-Cola, one of life’s most delightful elixirs, which studies prove will heal the sick and occasionally raise the dead, is to put bourbon in it.
LEWIS GRIZZARDThere is something wrong when you wait in line thirty minutes to get a hamburger that was cooked for ninety seconds an hour ago.
LEWIS GRIZZARDI finally figured it out, I finally figured out how to find some peace and happiness. I sure would hate for the man upstairs to take me now. But at least I did figure it out.
LEWIS GRIZZARDIt’s better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.
LEWIS GRIZZARDYankees don’t understand that the Southern way of talking is a language of nuance. What we can do in the South is we can take a word and change it just a little bit and make it mean something altogether different.
LEWIS GRIZZARDLife is like a dogsled race. If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
LEWIS GRIZZARDI get letters from people who say, ‘What have you got against women?’ What could I possibly have against women? I’ve married three of them.
LEWIS GRIZZARDThe idiot who invented instant grits also thought of frozen fried chicken, and they ought to lock him up before he tries to freeze-dry collards.
LEWIS GRIZZARDBaptists never make love standing up. They’re afraid someone might see them and think they’re dancing.
LEWIS GRIZZARDIf you are not the lead dog, your scenery never changes.
LEWIS GRIZZARDI know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.
LEWIS GRIZZARDI came from a big family. As a matter of fact, I never got to sleep alone until I was married.
LEWIS GRIZZARDSex hasn’t been the same since women started enjoying it.
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