Lewis Grizzard

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

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Source: They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat.

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Lewis Grizzard

Lewis Grizzard

Author, Humorist

Lewis Grizzard was a Southern humorist and writer known for his witty commentary on life in the South, particularly through his column and books.

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"In the south there's a difference between 'Naked' and 'Nekkid.' 'Naked' means you don't have any clothes on. 'Nekkid' means you don't have any clothes on and you're up to somethin'."

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"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."

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""Have you done your homework?" my mother would ask. "I'll do it later." "You will do it now, young man. I don't want you winding up on the third shift at Flagg-Utica." Flagg-Utica was a local textile plant. Somehow, I never could figure how failing to read three chapters in my geography book about the various sorts of vegetation to be found in a tropical rain forest had anything to do with facing a life as a mill hand. But with enough guilt and fear as catalysts, you can read anything, even geography books and Deuteronomy."

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