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

Things are more complex today, and I think humor has changed a a great deal. People are more sensitive today.

— 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

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

— Lewis Grizzard

I was raised to think women had babies, stayed at home, and men worked. By the time I got ready to do it, I thought I had all the answers. Only somebody had changed the questions.

— 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

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

— 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 was raised to think women had babies, stayed at home, and men worked. By the time I got ready to do it, I thought I had all the answers. Only somebody had changed the questions.

— 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