I don't think I'll get married again. I'll just find a woman I don't like and give her a house.
I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married.
If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.
It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.
Sex hasn't been the same since women started enjoying it.
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.
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 rum or bourbon in it.
The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wriggle and weasel out of one.
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?'
Grizzard's father was an army major who suffered from mental illness due to combat fatigue in World War II and Korea.
Besides his humorous newspaper columns, Grizzard also performed a stand-up comedy act.
When Grizzard underwent a heart operation in 1993 he credited the prayers of his fans for helping him pull through.
During his later years, Grizzard resided in the exclusive Ansley Park section of Atlanta.
Today there is a Lewis Grizzard Museum in his hometown of Moreland, GA which has artifacts and memorabilia from his life. There is also memorabilia about novelist Erskine Caldwell, who also hailed from Moreland, in the museum.
One of Grizzard's most controversial columns was about God calling up the Reverend Jimmy Swaggart and telling him he was fired. Many newspapers refused to carry it.
Grizzard said the most miserable years of his life were spent in Chicago as sports editor at the Chicago Sun-Times. He chronicled his tenure there in the book If I Ever Get Back to Georgia I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground.
Grizzard wrote twenty-five published books.
Grizzard grew up in the same hometown as novelist Erskine Caldwell.
After Grizzard's parents separated, he moved with his mother from Fort Benning to Moreland, GA where he grew up.
Grizzard once made a guest appearance on an episode of Designing Women playing the brother of show stars Dixie Carter and Delta Burke.
Grizzard feuded with a sportwriter named Lacy J. Banks when he was sports editor of the Chicago Sun Times.
Grizzard had a pet Labrador named Catfish whom he mentioned frequently in his columns.
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