Quotes by Lewis Grizzard

About Lewis Grizzard:

Lewis McDonald Grizzard is much better known for his humorous newspaper columns in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a popular stand-up comedian & lecturer.
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Chilli dawgs always bark at night.

Lewis Grizzard

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

I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married.

Lewis Grizzard

I don't think I'll get married again. I'll just find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

Lewis Grizzard

If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

Lewis Grizzard

The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wriggle and weasel out of one.

Lewis Grizzard

If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes.

Lewis Grizzard

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

Lewis Grizzard

The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wiggle out of one.

Lewis Grizzard

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

On a New York subway you get fined for spitting, but you can throw up for nothing.

Lewis Grizzard

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

Lewis Grizzard

Show business is my life.

Lewis Grizzard

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.

Lewis Grizzard

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

Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

Lewis Grizzard

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

Lewis Grizzard

Sex hasn't been the same since women started enjoying it.

Lewis Grizzard

Author Bio

  • NameLewis Grizzard
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist
  • BornOctober 20, 1946
  • DiedMarch 20, 1994
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist