Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. Votes: 6
Black ElkI'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch. Votes: 4
Woody AllenMore and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather. Votes: 4
James Earl JonesVengeance only destroys the one who seeks it. (Theo- Geary's Grandfather/Acheron) Votes: 3
Sherrilyn KenyonGrandfather kicked the stop pedal, and my face gave a high-five to the front window. Votes: 3
Jonathan Safran FoerMy grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour! Votes: 2
Anne BaxterYou were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it. Votes: 2
Rebecca Harding DavisI don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. Votes: 2
Abraham LincolnIt was all because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather! Votes: 0
Louis SacharRemember what you won't get if you don't mind," her grandfather remarked. Votes: 0
Flannery O'ConnorThe assumption that anything true is knowable is the grandfather of paradoxes. Votes: 0
William PoundstoneMy grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes. Votes: 0
Temple GrandinThere are flying grandfathers. But I intend to be an orbiting grandfather. Votes: 0
Wernher von BraunMy great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University. Votes: 0
Joe BidenMy grandfather... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right. Votes: 0
Dan QuayleAs a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California. Votes: 0
Armie HammerPlaying with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally. Votes: 0
Creed BrattonYou know what family values means, that's hating the same people your grandfather hated. Votes: 0
Robert Anton WilsonMy great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream. Votes: 0
Rand PaulIf (my grandfather) hadn't left, I'd be working over here at the Albatross Company. Votes: 0
John F. KennedyMy grandfather was born in India and three generations of my family served there. Votes: 0
Rupert EverettMy father is a great grandfather. He's a wonderful grandfather, but he's a terrible husband. Votes: 0
Pamela AndersonLike lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile. Votes: 0
Chris HardwickI have an older brother who's an actor and a grandfather who was an actor. Votes: 0
Ben Lloyd-HughesMy grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs. Votes: 0
Gillian JacobsOddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father. Votes: 0
Jamie WyethMy mother playing the violin and my father and grandfather playing the piano, classical stuff. Votes: 0
Pete SeegerMy great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot. Votes: 0
Alan GarnerA conservative is someone who does not think he is morally superior to his grandfather. Votes: 0
John HowardI'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen. Votes: 0
Robin TunneyA realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did. Votes: 0
Benjamin DisraeliMy grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States. Votes: 0
Emanuel CellerMy grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors. Votes: 0
Rand PaulMy grandfather is the king, my Dad's the prince, I guess that makes me the butler. Votes: 0
Adam PettyMy paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet. Votes: 0
Laird BarronMy grandfather for example only died twice, once during the war and once in the 1980s. Votes: 0
James NicollMy Gullah grandfather is bringing a bag of dust to a vampire war. I feel better. Votes: 0
Elle JasperI was getting worried I may not become a grandfather, but the Lord has blessed me. Votes: 0
Rod StewartMy grandfather's 86 and he's having a baby. Man, I hope when I'm 86 I can have babies. Votes: 0
Enrique IglesiasStep by step, a path; stone by stone, a cathedral,' my great-grandfather used to say. Votes: 0
Phil CousineauMy dad is an excellent grandfather. He loves kids. He loves to kiss them to death. Votes: 0
Laila AliI grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy. Votes: 0
Giada De LaurentiisMy mother's blood that would last forever after. The blood of my brother, my grandfather, my father. Votes: 0
Alice HoffmanI come from a line of railroad men. My great-grandfather was a surveyor for the Burlington Railroad. Votes: 0
Bill MoseleyAs my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right? Votes: 0
Andrew CuomoMy grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter. Votes: 0
Gyorgy LigetiWhen I talk to entrepreneurs today, I feel like the grandfather who was in the Civil War. Votes: 0
Marc AndreessenYou might be a redneck if your favorite hunting dog has a bigger tombstone than your grandfather. Votes: 0
Jeff FoxworthyUnlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack. Votes: 0
John MalkovichMy grandfather got me mad and I peed inside his orange juice and asked him if it's tangy. Votes: 0
Cam'ronI don't know who my grandfather was I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be Votes: 0
Abraham LincolnIn my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers. Votes: 0
Tea ObrehtIt's in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it's a tradition I want to pass on to my son. Votes: 0
Maynard James KeenanI was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy. Votes: 0
Felicia DayMy grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him. Votes: 0
Yancy ButlerMy grandfather did a lot of things in his life. What he was most proud of was raising his family. Votes: 0
Tagg RomneyMy grandfather's death was really hard to deal with. Votes: 1 Casey Eastham
For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia. Votes: 1 Tea Obreht
Just because someone's dead doesn't mean it's over. My grandfather died more than 25 years ago, but I still think of him a lot and smell his smell. Votes: 3 Julian Clary
My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream. Votes: 2 Rand Paul
But the most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that they could read and write. I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes. Votes: 2 Adriana Trigiani
Several years ago, I was creating a Christmas present for the family, a self-published cookbook featuring recipes my grandmother had collected and created over decades. While interviewing her for the biographical section, she began to talk about her courtship with my late grandfather. Votes: 3 Kristina McMorris