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> [“If you got the grits, serve 'em!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/if-you-got-the-grits-serve-em/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/stanley-crouch-16415_food_if-you-got-the-grits-serve-em-2758380_2758380.jpg)

## Other authors on Grits

## More by Stanley Crouch

> [I also wanted to do something that I hadn't really seen in almost any black novels, which was a complex love story in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/i-also-wanted-to-do-something-that-i-hadn-t-really-seen-in-almost-any/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [Getting to the pint where the other is not the enemy is a big leap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/getting-to-the-pint-where-the-other-is-not-the-enemy-is-a-big-leap/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/the-discussion-of-ideas-as-opposed-to-the-american-narcissistic/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/when-people-conclude-that-all-is-futile-then-the-absurd-becomes-the/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [“It may sound cruel...but...what makes a criminal is a disposition toward cruelty, a laziness and impatience that lead to taking from others, and cynicism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/it-may-sound-cruel-but-what-makes-a-criminal-is-a-disposition-toward/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [I wanted to get to that aesthetic proposition that comes out of learning the human elements of a world, so that those notes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/i-wanted-to-get-to-that-aesthetic-proposition-that-comes-out-of/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [ Above all else, \[Benny Goodman\] was a great player, one of the greatest American music has produced. He brought his absolute talent and his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/above-all-else-benny-goodman-was-a-great-player-one-of-the-greatest/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [Our democratic richness arrives when we're able to comprehend our collective humanity accurately.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/our-democratic-richness-arrives-when-we-re-able-to-comprehend-our/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have that first-person experience -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/our-job-as-writers-and-thinkers-in-the-time-is-how-to-bring-about-the/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [You'd never know that listening to people in the UN but tribalism is the father of racism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/you-d-never-know-that-listening-to-people-in-the-un-but-tribalism-is/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [I don't know any women who don't think about what they look like, and I don't know any men who don't think about what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/i-don-t-know-any-women-who-don-t-think-about-what-they-look-like-and/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/the-high-point-of-civilization-is-that-you-can-hate-me-and-i-can-hate/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [Our society has gotten to the point where we might soon become less and less shocked by any kind of violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/our-society-has-gotten-to-the-point-where-we-might-soon-become-less/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [When a violent minority that crosses color lines comes to believe that killing those you know or do not know is a reasonable solution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/when-a-violent-minority-that-crosses-color-lines-comes-to-believe/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [But the myth of violent solutions as the ultimate solutions maintains itself in much of popular media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/but-the-myth-of-violent-solutions-as-the-ultimate-solutions-maintains/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

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