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I 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 Grizzard

There’s nothing inherently dirty about sex, but if you try real hard and use your imagination you can overcome that.
LEWIS GRIZZARD

Dirty Hard Inheritance Reality Sex Yourself
The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.
LEWIS GRIZZARD

Football Game Life Opportunity Problem Score Yourself
The 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 GRIZZARD

Death Delight Improvement Life Occasion Sick Study Way
It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.
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Difficult Eat Happiness Thinking
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.
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Creativity Language Life Passion Soul Teaching Work
I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married.
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Family Grow Home Myself Small
Instead of getting married again, I’m going to find a woman I don’t like and give her a house.
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Choice Gift Home Marriage Myself Woman
The 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.
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Fry Himself Idiot
Spring time is the land awakening.
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Awaken Land Time
Money doesn’t grow on trees, and if it did somebody else would own the orchard.
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Farm Grow Money Tree
It’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 GRIZZARD

Better Children Death News Politics Slow
Life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease.
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Life Sexuality Sick
I came from a big family. As a matter of fact, I never got to sleep alone until I was married.
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Alone Fact Family Marriage Myself Sleep
Today’s sensitive male has learned to share in open frank discussions about relationships like, “Where the hell did you get a crazy idea like that? You been reading Redbook again?”
LEWIS GRIZZARD

Crazy Discussion Ideas Male Open Relationship Yourself
Elvis is dead and I don’t feel so good for myself.
LEWIS GRIZZARD

Death Feeling Goodness Myself
When My Love Returns from the Ladies Room, Will I Be Too Old to Care?
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Care Funny Lady Love Myself Old Room Time
They tore out my heart and stomped that sucker flat.
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Heart Myself
I’d much rather sit next to a smoker in a restaurant than a nose-blower.
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Myself Restaurant Smoking
Baptists never make love standing up. They’re afraid someone might see them and think they’re dancing.
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Afraid Dance Love Stand Thinking
I 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 GRIZZARD

Letters Marriage Myself People Possible Woman
There is something wrong when you wait in line thirty minutes to get a hamburger that was cooked for ninety seconds an hour ago.
LEWIS GRIZZARD

Food Time Wrong Yourself
I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.
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Beyond Education Intelligence People
There’s no such thing as being too Southern.
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Identity Personality South
I 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 GRIZZARD

Happiness Hate Man Myself Peace
Yankees 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.
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Change Different Language Talk Understand Word
If you are not the lead dog, your scenery never changes.
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Change Dog Leadership Yourself
You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, ‘What’s in it for me?’
LEWIS GRIZZARD

Attitude Call Cat Dog Myself Yourself

I 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.

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