Quotes about Grandfather

Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. Votes: 6

I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch. Votes: 4

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. Votes: 4

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather. Votes: 4

My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from. Votes: 4

Grandfather was well known for being stubborn in his ideas. For instance... you had to go to sleep facing east so that you would be ready to greet the sun when it returned. Votes: 4

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition. Votes: 4

History is as Old as My Grandfather Votes: 3

Grandfather Space. The Mind is his Wife Votes: 3

Grandfather informs me that is not possible. Votes: 3

Vengeance only destroys the one who seeks it. (Theo- Geary's Grandfather/Acheron) Votes: 3

Grandfather kicked the stop pedal, and my face gave a high-five to the front window. Votes: 3

She looks like a china doll, observed Grandfather as we departed. I will break just as easily, I muttered. Votes: 3

Grandfather / advised me: / Learn a trade / I learned / to sit at desk / and condense / No layoff / from this / condensery. Votes: 3

Grandfather always said school's a place where they take sixteen years to wear down your brain. Grandfather hardly went to school either. Votes: 3

You have done well," Grandfather said. "We thank you.""We were afraid sometimes," Jetsam replied."Good." Grandfather's eyes smiled. "That means you had the courage to keep trying. Votes: 3

There is one tree in Gainesville I call "Grandfather" because it looks like a giant Bonsai tree. Well, that and I actually thought it was my mother's father for the longest time. Votes: 3

Jacián!" She yells again, and then she says something in Spanish. A moment later he comes down the hallway. "I'm going to tell Grandfather you said that," he says. "What do you want? Votes: 3

Gratitude to the Great Sky who holds billions of stars - and goes yet beyond that - beyond all powers, and thoughts and yet is within us - Grandfather Space. The Mind is his Wife Votes: 3

My Grandfather always said,'Rian,if you were a leader of a nation and your nation was in war with other nation,before you deliver a troops,you better know what you fighting for,okay? Votes: 3

Grandfather says that when your friends die you must not cry. You must not hurt anybody or do harm to anyone. You must not fight. Do right always. It will give you satisfaction in life. Votes: 3

Hate is never an option for a truth seeker. It binds, stifles, constipates and causes the gears of philosophical progress to come to a grinding halt. From Fillossofee: Messages From a Grandfather - an ebook Votes: 3

I guess my biggest influence was actually my Grandfather. He used to play old records on vinyl, and would play old jazz and soul music like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and The Rat Pack and swing music. Votes: 3

So what are you suggesting?" Grandfather asked. "We find a more acceptable group of people, then bring the Sacrifice to them? How do you propose we find them, a Facebook post? 'Click here to apply for eternal life'? Votes: 3

Love is a myth.' 'Love is a myth,' Grandfather Trout said. 'Like summer.' 'What?' 'In winter,'Grandfather Trout said, 'summer is a myth. A report, a rumor. Not to be believed in. Get it? Love is a myth. So is summer. Votes: 3

It used to be I thought of death as a man something like Grandfather a friend of his a kind of private and particular friend like we used to think of Grandfather's desk not to touch it not even to talk loud in the room where it was. Votes: 3

It dances on the air for a moment before it falls, too. A fresh gust of wind almost saves it, but a worker catches sight of it and lifts a tube up to suck the paper from the air, to suck the words from the sky.I'm sorry, Grandfather. Votes: 3

Rock is my child and my grandfather. Votes: 2

My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Votes: 2

We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg. Votes: 2

My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn. Votes: 2

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. Votes: 2

My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour! Votes: 2

You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it. Votes: 2

I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality. Votes: 2

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. Votes: 2

My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people. Votes: 2

Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. Votes: 2

My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar. Votes: 2

Although raised on the farm - my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer - my father and his brother both became professors. Votes: 2

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul. Votes: 2

My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others. Votes: 2

My childhood memories of my grandparents are of a wonderful, complementary couple. While my grandfather had a spirited, humorous personality, my grandmother is gentle and poised. Votes: 2

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: 2

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. Votes: 2

In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process. Votes: 2

My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master. Votes: 2

I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor, and his father was an immigrant from Germany. Votes: 2

My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then? Votes: 2

When people say 'Charlie Chaplin' I still think now of the guy in the moustache and bowler hat and funny walk - I don't think of an old man who was my grandfather. Votes: 2

My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food. Votes: 2

I feel very blessed to have a partner in life who supports me, who is enthusiastic about what I want to do, who has been a great father, and who will be a fabulous grandfather. Votes: 2

I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the binary world where there is no option other than yes or no and where there is no refuge. Votes: 2

A friend of mine said something powerful at his grandfather's funeral. He said that the greatest lesson from his grandfather's life was that he died empty, because he accomplished everything he wanted, with no regrets. I think that, along with leaving a legacy, would be the greatest sign of success. Votes: 2

I'm awful at karaoke, but if I did have to sing, I'd go for my favourite Frank Sinatra song 'I've Got You Under My Skin.' The fact I love Frank is my grandfather's doing: he drummed it into me from a very early age that Frank Sinatra is God. Votes: 2

On occasion, I like to reread my grandfather's letters. While leafing through them, I'm saddened by what is being lost in modern communication. Soul-baring sentimentality isn't typically poured into text messages, tweets and emails. All too often, personal connections are brushed aside for the sake of convenience in a fast-paced world. Votes: 2

Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my grandparents' passion for music, especially from my grandfather Tommy, who was a great drummer. It's no coincidence that I play the drums best, but I am also good with the guitar and the piano. Votes: 2

There will always be competition, especially in showbiz. There's always someone younger and hungrier standing behind you; there's always someone with more contacts; there's always someone whose grandfather or father is a filmmaker. I think your job is just to be there 100% - you work hard, and there are no shortcuts to success. Votes: 2

I'll never forget the first time I saw someone who had died. It was my grandfather. And I knelt next to his coffin. And all I could do was eye level was look at his hands. They were enormous hands. And all I could think was, 'Those hands dug freedom for me.' Votes: 2

My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother. Votes: 2

Now that I'm a grandfather myself, I realize that the best thing about having grandkids is that you get the kid for the best part of the ride - kind of like owning a car for only the first 10,000 miles. You can have your grandchildren for a couple of days and then turn them back over to the parents. Votes: 2

It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do that.' But with your grandparents you have a feeling that you can say anything or you can do anything, and they will support you. That's why you have this kind of connection. Votes: 2

Mobile is a seaport town, and we ate a lot of seafood. We'd go fishing, we'd catch our fish and we'd eat our fish. It was a ritual on Saturday morning for all my family - my grandfather, my brothers, my uncles, my father - to go fishing, and then the ladies of the family would clean the fish and fry them up. Votes: 2

I used to help my grandfather on the farm, driving tractors, raising crops and animals. I used to feed some of the baby cows and pigs, and I had to be no older than 7 or 8. Then at about 9 or 10 I started driving tractors. It showed me at an early age what hard work was all about and how dedicated you have to be, no matter what you do. Votes: 2

I'm a grandfather now. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a great chef. Votes: 0

I will eat grandfather for dinner. Votes: 0

We have started calling him grandfather. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. Votes: 0

Did your great-grandfather have any children? Votes: 0

My grandfather and I were very close. Votes: 0

I'm not that hands-on as a grandfather. Votes: 0

It was all because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather! Votes: 0

My grandfather is great. He's a great grandfather. Votes: 0

Who wants to be married to a grandfather? Votes: 0

My grandfather felt at home with his lunatics. Votes: 0

My grandfather is the greatest man I'll ever know. Votes: 0

My grandfather went through a lot in his life. Votes: 0

My grandfather's death was really hard to deal with. Votes: 0

My grandfather had been a well-known judge in Berlin. Votes: 0

'Don't worry about senility', my grandfather used to say. Votes: 0

The great-great-grandfather of my mother was probably using gelatins. Votes: 0

All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white. Votes: 0

My great-great-grandfather Julius founded the Communist Party in New York. Votes: 0

I'm the happiest grandfather in the world, I promise you. Votes: 0

The story of his great-grandfather was his own story, too. Votes: 0

My grandfather, a devout Christian, had the gift of healing. Votes: 0

The truth is that my grandfather was quite wealthy, a shipbuilder. Votes: 0

Alison's grandfather told her,'To err is human, to forgive divine Votes: 0

I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather. Votes: 0

In the vernacular of my grandfather, 'I does not care.' Votes: 0

My great-grandfather played organ for silent movies. Talkies in, Gramps out. Votes: 0

My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black. Votes: 0

Even today a lot of people know me because of my grandfather. Votes: 0

For all I know, my grandfather was a bank robber in Kilsyth. Votes: 0

I have a photograph of my grandfather driving a donkey cart barefoot. Votes: 0

A seven-year-old girl can take only so many walks with her grandfather. Votes: 0

My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell. Votes: 0

Remember what you won't get if you don't mind," her grandfather remarked. Votes: 0

The assumption that anything true is knowable is the grandfather of paradoxes. Votes: 0

My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes. Votes: 0

There are flying grandfathers. But I intend to be an orbiting grandfather. Votes: 0

My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University. Votes: 0

My grandfather... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right. Votes: 0

My grandfather invented the cold air balloon... But it never really took off. Votes: 0

Always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said: 'A truck!' Votes: 0

Does it ever occur to you, Mama, that my grandfather is a lunatic? Votes: 0

In a strange way, becoming a grandfather is like starting your life over. Votes: 0

Because I would rather be with my grandfather on Alp than anywhere on earth. Votes: 0

As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California. Votes: 0

Playing with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally. Votes: 0

You know what family values means, that's hating the same people your grandfather hated. Votes: 0

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous. Votes: 0

My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream. Votes: 0

If (my grandfather) hadn't left, I'd be working over here at the Albatross Company. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a movie producer, and so I grew up on movie sets. Votes: 0

My grandfather was born in India and three generations of my family served there. Votes: 0

My father is a great grandfather. He's a wonderful grandfather, but he's a terrible husband. Votes: 0

Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile. Votes: 0

I have an older brother who's an actor and a grandfather who was an actor. Votes: 0

My grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs. Votes: 0

Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father. Votes: 0

The worst day ever was when I found out my grandfather was going to die. Votes: 0

My mother playing the violin and my father and grandfather playing the piano, classical stuff. Votes: 0

My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot. Votes: 0

A conservative is someone who does not think he is morally superior to his grandfather. Votes: 0

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen. Votes: 0

A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did. Votes: 0

My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States. Votes: 0

My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors. Votes: 0

My grandfather is the king, my Dad's the prince, I guess that makes me the butler. Votes: 0

My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet. Votes: 0

My grandfather for example only died twice, once during the war and once in the 1980s. Votes: 0

My Gullah grandfather is bringing a bag of dust to a vampire war. I feel better. Votes: 0

I was getting worried I may not become a grandfather, but the Lord has blessed me. Votes: 0

My grandfather's 86 and he's having a baby. Man, I hope when I'm 86 I can have babies. Votes: 0

Step by step, a path; stone by stone, a cathedral,' my great-grandfather used to say. Votes: 0

My dad is an excellent grandfather. He loves kids. He loves to kiss them to death. Votes: 0

I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy. Votes: 0

Your grandfather's coffin is heavier than you expect. Your father's coffin is heavier than you can bear. Votes: 0

My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning. Votes: 0

My family has something of a special relationship with confidence tricks: my grandfather was a professional swindler. Votes: 0

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom. Votes: 0

My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do. Votes: 0

My mother's blood that would last forever after. The blood of my brother, my grandfather, my father. Votes: 0

I come from a line of railroad men. My great-grandfather was a surveyor for the Burlington Railroad. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a very insignificant man, actually. At his funeral his hearse followed the other cars. Votes: 0

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right? Votes: 0

My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter. Votes: 0

When I talk to entrepreneurs today, I feel like the grandfather who was in the Civil War. Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if your favorite hunting dog has a bigger tombstone than your grandfather. Votes: 0

Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack. Votes: 0

My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever. Votes: 0

My grandfather was from Aberdare. He was a coal miner who emigrated and then continued mining in Pennsylvania. Votes: 0

My father passed from cancer in 2000; his brother died of cancer before that. My grandfather died of cancer. Votes: 0

I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep. Votes: 0

When anything bad happens to me or someone I know, I always know who to blame. My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. Votes: 0

My grandfather got me mad and I peed inside his orange juice and asked him if it's tangy. Votes: 0

My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out. Votes: 0

I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man. Votes: 0

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes. Votes: 0

My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values. Votes: 0

I don't know who my grandfather was I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be Votes: 0

My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it. Votes: 0

In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers. Votes: 0

Our descent, then, is the origin of our evil passions!! The devil under form of Baboon is our grandfather. Votes: 0

My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it Votes: 0

My grandfather was a Methodist preacher, and my father was an unsuccessful businessman. We didn't have status or wealth. Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if your grandfather completely executes the pull my finger trick at the family reunion. Votes: 0

I have four kids, seven grandkids, and four great-grandkids. Maybe I can become a great-great-grandfather if I hang on! Votes: 0

My grandfather had a wonderful funeral... On the buffet table there was a replica of the deceased in potato salad. Votes: 0

Today is my grandfather's birthday." "How old is he?" "Sixty-three. It's hard to believe he was once a human being. Votes: 0

I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of cancer. I decided nobody should suffer that much. Votes: 0

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. Votes: 0

There is no need to tell you that the 'Prince of Salina' is the Prince Lampedusa, my great-grandfather Giulio Fabrizio. Votes: 0

When you're all singing together, it brings things together. I know the songs that my grandfather and my father sang. Votes: 0

It's in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it's a tradition I want to pass on to my son. Votes: 0

My grandfather always said a sudden shiver meant someone had just stepped on the spot where your grave would be. Votes: 0

Where is the society which does not struggle along under a dead-weight of tradition and law inherited from its grandfather? Votes: 0

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal. Votes: 0

I'm luckier than my grandfather, who didn't move more than five miles from the village in which he was born. Votes: 0

Bernard Vonnegut, named for his paternal grandfather, was born August 29, 1914. He was a serious-looking little boy, even in informal photographs. Votes: 0

My great-great-grandfather lived to age 28, my immigrant great-grandfather Pedro Gotiaoco died at 66, my grandfather was 68, and my father died at 34. Votes: 0

I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him. Votes: 0

My grandfather did a lot of things in his life. What he was most proud of was raising his family. Votes: 0

My dad died, and my grandfather died, and my great-grandfather died. And the guy before him, I don't know. Probably died. Votes: 0

I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a faith healer and medium, and he always encouraged faith in the unseen. I believe in fortune tellers. Votes: 0

The custom of my grandfather's day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it. Votes: 0

After my grandfather began to be successful, he returned to the village where he was born and founded a primary school. Votes: 0

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers. Votes: 0

I go back to Africa every year. I have a home there. You know, my grandfather lives back there in Cameroon. Votes: 0

I think about my grandfather who's 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket. Votes: 0

I have family in Ponce. It's a shame that my grandfather passed and I wasn't able to be there with him. Votes: 0

I'm raspy, and if I wasn't a smoker, I'd still be raspy. My pops has a raspy voice, and my grandfather. Votes: 0

My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold coins or jewels to show for it. Votes: 0

I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it. Votes: 0

My grandfather is Portuguese. He betrayed what was expected of him and married my grandmother of African descent on my father's side. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a very mystical guy who travelled from Argentina to Chile, across the mountains with a donkey, carrying the Torah. Votes: 0

Mission 31 pays homage to my grandfather's work and all aquanauts who have since followed his lead in the name of ocean exploration. Votes: 0

I grew up in a modern business environment and did not experience the kind of prejudice that my mother and grandfather experienced. Votes: 0

I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of stomach cancer. I decided that nobody should suffer that much. Votes: 0

Broad-streeted Richmond . . . The trees in the streets are old trees used to living with people, Family trees that remember your grandfather's name. Votes: 0

It is not altogether a bad thing to have criminal ancestors. An arsonist grandfather may bequeath one a nose for smelling smoke. Votes: 0

I'll never be able to fill my father's or grandfather's shoes, but hopefully I can stand on their shoulders and reach farther. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a practising Quaker. My father was a nihilist. But nihilism, if you like, is the beginning of faith anyway. Votes: 0

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult. Votes: 0

In rural parts of China, it's like stepping back into the era of my grandfather or great-grandfather - not much has changed. Votes: 0

Jinx, I know you just lost your grandfather, but you straighten out your tone right now or I will smack you one! Votes: 0

My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P. Votes: 0

His grandfather had often told him that he tried too hard to move trees when a wiser man would walk around them. Votes: 0

My grandfather's a little forgetful, but he likes to give me advice. One day, he took me aside and left me there. Votes: 0

My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished mine. Votes: 0

I remember that I auditioned with the scene where I pull the grandfather out of the coffin. I just loved it so much. Votes: 0

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it. Votes: 0

In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by me. Votes: 0

Everything is always grungy in England, no? It's like a little shibboleth of the upper class, wearing something out of your grandfather's trunk. Votes: 0

My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her. Votes: 0

My aunt Caroline was really a character. She lived and worked in my grandfather's old house and even wore some of his clothes. Votes: 0

As I watched my grandfather work with people who were impoverished, I began to understand that to be truly human, one must serve. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry. Votes: 0

I am not a bad person. I am a good person who has lived in a bad time." Alex's grandfather..Everything is Illuminated Votes: 0

My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate. Votes: 0

My grandfather taught me how important it is to have your eyes open, because you never know what's going to come your way. Votes: 0

About a month before he died, my grandfather, we covered his back full of lard - after that he went downhill very quickly. Votes: 0

I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy. Votes: 0

My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic. Votes: 0

One woman and one man might have been OK in your grandmother's day, but who wants to marry your grandmother? Not even your grandfather! Votes: 0

My house was a guest house of many Jaina saints, Hindu monks, Sufi mystics, because my grandfather was interested in all of these people. Votes: 0

My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies. Votes: 0

I never went to church a day in my life. The dominant religion (influence) in my family was my grandfather who was a Scientologist. Votes: 0

The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather. Votes: 0

Yet my great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way and rowing another: and I got most of my estate by the same occupation. Votes: 0

I'm not the lovable, wonderful, tenderhearted grandfather that you read about in books. I'm grouchy and curmudgeonly, and I have a lot of rules. Votes: 0

I learned to speak Italian, somewhat. Definitely enough to get around in Italy. My grandfather always used to swear at my grandmother in Italian. Votes: 0

My grandfather killed my father in my mind. I know he died of cancer-but it was because of what my grandfather did to him. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a very strong personality. He certainly ruled his household with an iron fist, even though it was often gloved in velvet! Votes: 0

I began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography, so those things constituted my first exposure to art. Votes: 0

My grandfather is hard of hearing. He needs to read lips. I don't mind him reading lips, but he uses one of those yellow highlighters. Votes: 0

We don't just change our minds, we change the way we see things. That's one reason I'm a better grandfather than I was a father. Votes: 0

My dad graduated seminary there, and so did (sounds like) Mark Kimball's grandfather. They sang in a quartet together, my dad and Mark Kimball's grandfather. Votes: 0

I spent time at my grandfather Dino's gourmet store where he brought in chefs from Naples to cook. I thought of them as rock stars. Votes: 0

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car. Votes: 0

I think back, when I saw The Great Gatsby , the film, my grandfather probably helped supply all the alcohol to all these Southampton parties, back then. Votes: 0

Growing up, I didn't give my grandfather's photography a second thought. I wasn't involved in his work, except that I helped my dad print his negatives. Votes: 0

I have been on the cover of Time magazine. My father was on the cover of Time, and my grandfather was on the cover of Time. Votes: 0

My grandfather says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an inch. Votes: 0

As I mentioned, things were particularly hard during the Depression. My paternal grandfather was frequently out of work, and the family was evicted from their home. Votes: 0

On my 14th birthday, my grandfather and my grandmother gave me the best birthday present ever: a drafting table that I have worked on ever since. Votes: 0

[My grandfather -a miner] had black lung, and he didn't talk about it much. It's almost like a combat veteran. But he witnessed some horrific things. Votes: 0

My girlfriend Rhonda, who's now my wife, I graduated from high school, she got pregnant. My grandfather said, 'You've got to do the right thing.' Votes: 0

Too young,too young,she chanted to herself. Wrong,of course. I was older than her grandfather but according to my driver's license,she was right. Votes: 0

[My father] was always saying I'd end up like my grandfather. Okay. My grandfather was an architect, I'm an architect. It's true, certain characteristics are similar. Votes: 0

Books were not looked upon as things unobtainable due to economic circumstances or class status. My grandfather stole an entire set of Dicken's from the local library. Votes: 0

Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I don't know any smokers now, not even my mom. Votes: 0

My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway. Votes: 0

We would go down to Riverside, California, which is very poor now, but that's where my grandfather grew up. He grew up during the Depression in Riverside. Votes: 0

My grandfather, mother and father were gifted verbally, and my mother passed that along to me. She always made sure I was conscious of language and words. Votes: 0

It's probably worth noting that although I'm ethnically Greek, my grandfather was actually born in Turkey and came through Greece on his way to the United States. Votes: 0

What I am is a father, a grandfather, a great grandfather, and an artist. I am a man who loves his people and wants to go home. Votes: 0

The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a Pirate. Votes: 0

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs. Votes: 0

My grandfather made films on God, I make it on the devil, so, I wonder what he would say if he was alive. He'd probably disown me. Votes: 0

My brothers and I grew up on stories about our grandfather building one-room schoolhouses and about our grandparents' courtship and their early lives together in Indian Territory. Votes: 0

We had a small farm growing up. It was my grandfather's farm, and we didn't torture the animals, and we didn't feed them stuff we wouldn't eat. Votes: 0

It's true that I did get the girl, but then my grandfather always said, Even a blind chicken finds a few grains of corn now and then. Votes: 0

You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something in us. Votes: 0

Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow. Votes: 0

It is really quite amazing that all of the folks supporting privatization, from the president on down, keep invoking the name of my grandfather, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Votes: 0

I started writing after the death of my grandfather - memories, poems, etc. It was very personal; for years I did not share my writing with anyone. Votes: 0

I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his i shing boat at the mouth of the Columbia River. Votes: 0

I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music. Votes: 0

My father and grandfather were businessmen. The family business was Adelphi Paints in New Jersey. When the first energy crisis came in the early 1970s, the business suffered. Votes: 0

Going back to Georgiana Drew and John Drew, and my great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, and it was such a sort of circus of odd, interesting people that loved acting. Votes: 0

I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest levels, and I was just interested. Votes: 0

It is perfectly possible that a grandfather can have a more scientific mind than his grandchildren! Societies do not always go forward! Sometimes old generations are much luckier! Votes: 0

I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest levels, and I was just... interested. Votes: 0

My grandfather always said, Don't watch your money, watch your health. So one day while I was watching my health, someone stole my money. It was my grandfather. Votes: 0

I started singing at the age of 4, at my grandfather's church in McKinney, Texas. It was called Greater Hope Holiness Church. My first solo was "Jesus Loves Me." Votes: 0

If you want to know where I come by the passionate commitment I have to bringing people together without regard to race, it all started with my grandfather. Votes: 0

It's going to be an emotional time for me to see where my great grandfather ministered. It's going to be great to see the fruit of his labor. Votes: 0

My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But he was a free spirit, a great grandfather. Votes: 0

They strip-searched me! he burst outMe! Old enough to be their grandfather and they made me stand naked in the road, my things all unpacked in the mud! Votes: 0

My grandfather was a lawyer, my dad was a lawyer, my mum was a lawyer, I got an uncle who's a lawyer, I got cousins that are lawyers. Votes: 0

As I remember my grandfather and those Christmas mornings he gave for a little girl's pleasure, I know that often a big life starts with doing small things. Votes: 0

My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then. Votes: 0

My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears. Votes: 0

I was born in the small city of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, in 1948. My parents were family physicians. My grandfather and great grandfather on my mother's side were geologists. Votes: 0

I told them that my grandfather had died in the Great Crash of 1929 - a stockbroker jumped out of a window and crushed him and his pushcart down below. Votes: 0

I don't have a traditional design background, but it's inherent to me. My father was in the fabric industry, and even my grandfather and my great-grandfather were lace manufacturers. Votes: 0

If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't want to make my grandfather's mistakes today. Votes: 0

I take the subway four times a day, or close to it. I just love the subway! My grandfather worked as an electrician when they were digging the subway. Votes: 0

My grandfather did not travel across 4,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this country overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. Votes: 0

I never knew my grandfather. He died the year before I was born. But as a child, he did, of course, those wonderful illustrations, 'Treasure Island,' and whatnot. Votes: 0

My Swedish grandmother was the daughter of a dairy farmer who lived near Hedemora. My Swedish grandfather worked as a clerk for the Swedish railways in the Stockholm station. Votes: 0

They strip-searched me!" he burst out. "Me! Old enough to be their grandfather and they made me stand naked in the road, my things all unpacked in the mud! Votes: 0

If you're going to say the Jesus Prayer, at least say it to Jesus, and not to St. Francis and Seymour and Heidi's grandfather all wrapped up in one. Votes: 0

My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played. Votes: 0

She glances back before stepping into the alley, and she catches her grandfather looking at her the way he does sometimes--as if she's already gone, as if he's practicing sorrow. Votes: 0

When I was a little girl, my grandfather, who I was very close to, used to grow yellow roses. He had yellow roses growing all the way up his drive. Votes: 0

All the way from the first thing that I can remember, like our Victrola - a wind-up record player - and my grandfather's crystal radio, and my father's shortwave radio. Votes: 0

I'm sorry, you just remind me of someone. (Rose) Old boyfriend? (Gallagher) No, my great-grandfather. (Rose) That's not particularly flattering. I thought I looked rather good for my age. (Gallagher) Votes: 0

I rebelled against all form of authority, against my grandfather, my step-father, the Church, the police, the government, the bosses. Everything male that was there, and was determining my life. Votes: 0

My father didn't know his last name. My father got his last name from his grandfather, and his grandfather got it from his grandfather who got it from the slavemaster. Votes: 0

It's okay," he informs me. "Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker." If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat. Votes: 0

My grandfather, Harry, died when my dad was in his early 20s, so I never met him. Amazingly, he was 6ft tall. That gene definitely never filtered down to me! Votes: 0

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin for me to be there looking like Jezebel. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform. Votes: 0

My grandfather had been a newspaper reporter, as was my uncle. They were pretty good writers and so I thought maybe somewhere down the line I would do some writing. Votes: 0

The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. Votes: 0

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: 0

My grandfather was an illegal immigrant for the 60 or so years he was in the United States. I had another great-great-grandmother on my mom's side who snuck in in a suitcase. Votes: 0

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history. Votes: 0

When I was four or five years old, my grandfather showed me how to build things, paint, saw. Through years of fixing bikes, repairing lawn mowers, I learned how things work. Votes: 0

My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an Irish tenor in a barbershop quartet. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a massive influence in my music. Growing up, he would play a lot of old-school records to me. A lot of jazz and swing music, actually, growing up. Votes: 0

My grandfather was in World War II and fought in Europe in Army Infantry, so I have such a huge respect for him, and he's shared some personal experiences with me. Votes: 0

My real name is Alfonso. My grandfather and dad are also Alfonso, so I was the third. So my mom just gave me the nickname Trey because I was the third. Votes: 0

My grandfather used to say to me when I was a boy, "Getting knocked down is no big prize - it's getting up that's the real trick." I couldn't agree more. Votes: 0

I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said. He shouted 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like? Votes: 0

I always tell people, you know, [J.F.Kennedy's] grandfather was born in Ireland and he was Irish-Catholic, and I thought, so maybe I could someday try do what he did. Votes: 0

I was about 12 when I first encountered 'The Moonstone' - or a Classics Illustrated version of it - digging through an old trunk in my grandfather's house on a rainy Bengali afternoon. Votes: 0

Sometimes I wonder what my grandfather would think of what I do, he spent his whole life in the kebab business, was buried with all his equipment, probably turning in his grave. Votes: 0

India, to some extent, courses through my blood. My father was brought up there, and my grandfather served there, and so on. We have a very strong family affinity for the place. Votes: 0

As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects. Votes: 0

Thanks to the gods I didn't spend much time while growing up with my grandfather's mistress and preserved the flower of my youth, waiting for the proper time to demonstrate my virility. Votes: 0

Since, in the best Southern tradition, I was named Edmund Valentine White III, sometimes when people look up my books on Amazon they find 'Chocolate Drops from the South' by my grandfather. Votes: 0

From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on such things money should be eagerly spent. Votes: 0

The family story tells, and it was told true, of my great-grandfather who begat eight genius children and bought twelve almost new grand pianos. He left a considerable estate when he died. Votes: 0

My father's family hails from Banaras. My grandfather taught mathematics at Banaras Hindu University. Banaras is also dedicated to Lord Shiva, home to one of the great jyotirlings, the Kashi Vishwanath temple. Votes: 0

My grandfather worked with charities his whole entire life, and we grew up living with him. He always told me about the other side of the world and everything that's going on. Votes: 0

Growing up in Chadds Ford, Pa., I shuttled between studio space in my parents' house and my grandfather's studio just up the hill. It was a solitary childhood, but I loved it. Votes: 0

My son Cary's generation likely won't know who my father was, but it's something nice for him that his grandfather was an icon. I had one chance to pass along that name. Votes: 0

To me, my grandfather's urgency to preach the Gospel one more time to a lost and dying world is the definition of 'finishing well,' and it's such a blessing and lesson. Votes: 0

I always looked up to my grandfather. He wore Italian zip-up CAT boots, and he had a moustache which he waxed into a twirl - now that is worth looking up to. Votes: 0

I was born here in the city, born in the Bronx. Son of a cop. One grandfather was a taxi driver; the other was a firefighter. New York is in my DNA. Votes: 0

My grandfather gave me a watch. It doesn't have any hands or numbers. He says it's very accurate. I asked him what time it was. You can guess what he told me. Votes: 0

It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.' Votes: 0

I shared a room with my parents until I was 7, and I lived with my uncles and aunts and my cousins and my grandfather... so the house was always full of people. Votes: 0

It's my name on the ballot, and it's me running this race. I'm the one doing this. Not my father and not my grandfather and not my great-uncle and not President Kennedy. Votes: 0

We want not so much a Father but a grandfather in heaven, a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, 'What does it matter so long as they are contented? Votes: 0

I never saw my grandfather because he had died before I was born, but I have good memories of my grandmother and of how she could play the piano at the old house. Votes: 0

It's kind of hard in politics to forget that you're a Democrat or a Republican and remember that you're a father and a grandfather... and that they're entitled to more than they're getting. Votes: 0

In 1997, I, along with 200 other young ophthalmologists formed the National Board of Ophthalmology to protest the American Board of Ophthalmology's decision to grandfather in the older ophthalmologists and not require them to recertify. Votes: 0

I never saw my grandfather because he had died before I was born, but I have good memories of my grandmother and of how she could play the piano at the old house. Votes: 0

Everything that Mr Smallweed's grandfather ever put away in his mind was a grub at first, and is a grub at last. In all his life he has never bred a single butterfly. Votes: 0

A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing today that a minister would have said back then. Votes: 0

I'd like to credit my speed to my grandfather. But he was also a quiet player. He didn't talk much. He just went out there on the field and did his own thing. Votes: 0

I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. One can only hope that, in addition to learning English, these new Americans will drop their soccer fetish with time. Votes: 0

It's really important for boys to have a father around, or a grandfather, or an uncle - a man they can really relate to who loves them, and who they know loves them. Votes: 0

I was born May 31, 1911, in Paris. My parents owned a small cheese shop, and my maternal grandfather was a carpentry worker. I thus came from what is commonly known as the working class. Votes: 0

My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life. So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted. Votes: 0

My grandfather allowed as how I might even live long enough to see a Mars landing. I haven't, of course, except in fiction, including my own, and strongly doubt that I ever will. Votes: 0

My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn't take very good care of himself. Votes: 0

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands. Votes: 0

My grandfather, as I said, was industrious. He'd had a variety of jobs and decided sometime in the 1940s that he would never work for anyone. He was also a very independent man. Votes: 0

I have a ranch in Montana, but it's not a real working ranch. I've always liked the outdoors. I come from Texas. My grandfather was a farmer; that's as close as I come. Votes: 0

I started out as Keith Mitchell. I had done probably about ten years of television work under that name. Then my grandfather passed away in 1984. I wanted to honor him and his name. Votes: 0

Three of my children are medical doctors; they know at least a hundred times as much about your body as my grandfather knew, but they don't know much more about soul than he did. Votes: 0

My grandfather and dad worked at General American Transportation Corp. in Chicago, a company that made tank cars and freight cars. We had a pragmatic, Republican, manufacturing, Illinois consciousness as far as employment went. Votes: 0

My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Votes: 0

My father was a steel worker and Martin's [Schulz] grandfather was a miner in Saarland. In these occupations, there is a particular awareness of solidarity. That creates links that aren't present in other relationships. Votes: 0

I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions. Votes: 0

There is this image of a guy in a hot tub, drinking champagne with two buxom blondes. But that is not the real me. I am a father, and I am a grandfather, too. Votes: 0

I remember my grandfather telling me how each of us must live with a full measure of loneliness that is inescapable, and we must not destroy ourselves with our passion to escape the aloneness. Votes: 0

During my youth, the idea of moving from Lebanon was unthinkable. Then I began to realise I might have to go, like my grandfather, uncles and others who left for America, Egypt, Australia, Cuba. Votes: 0

My family is very creative. My grandfather played the guitar in Cuba. My sisters, my mom and two aunts would do harmonies, so I would see them and think, 'I want the attention.' Votes: 0

Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of Wallace, at the mouth of the river of that name. Votes: 0

When my father ran for the state Assembly, the headline said, 'Kean's Son to Run for Assembly.' When my grandfather first ran for Congress, it was 'Kean's son to run for Congress.' Votes: 0

My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are of reading the family paper and heading straight for the comics insert. Votes: 0

Tolkien is considered the grandfather of fantasy and, for me, I consider myself the grandson, with Terry Brooks as the kind of crazy uncle of fantasy, being the one who brought me into it. Votes: 0

In high school I was leafing through an anthology that our teachers had given up and I found a poem, I go, "That's so strange. This poem looks so much like my grandfather's poem." Votes: 0

Until I was five, my immediate family lived near my grandfather's farm where my mother had grown up and, with the exception of a few modern conveniences, had not changed a lot over the years. Votes: 0

My grandfather killed himself falling off the dike in Ostend while photographing my two cousins. This can happen so easily when looking through a lens: for a split second nothing else exists outside the frame. Votes: 0

The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts. Votes: 0

Once upon a time, my mother lived in the posh downtown of Homs, Syria. She described my grandfather as a king in a storybook, atop a horse, wearing a didashah and pointing a long arm. Votes: 0

Oddly enough, my mother was born in Southampton. I have roots in Southampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor. My grandfather, her father, Stefano Rullo, when he came from Naples, he went to Pennsylvania and worked coal mines. Votes: 0

My parents had a difficult divorce. My dad had to take a backseat for a few years, and my grandfather came in. He was also my inspiration for becoming an actor. I really respected him. Votes: 0

I never want to abandon my bike. I see my grandfather, now in his seventies and riding around everywhere. To me that is beautiful. And the bike must always remain a part of my life. Votes: 0

Mother had to support herself at age 18 because it was during the depression and when my grandfather lost the farm and there was no place for her; she worked as an assistant to a maid. Votes: 0

I don't know how many roles I can ask my dad to play in my life, but so far, father, best friend, role model, mentor and grandfather to my children are working out quite well. Votes: 0

My grandfather on one side was trained as a cabinetmaker but eventually worked as a coachbuilder and then built cars. I inherited from him a love of cars, but with no technical ability whatsoever, sadly! Votes: 0

I grew up in a two-bedroom house with my grandfather, my mom and dad and four kids. I slept on the couch or on the floor, and I always wanted to have my own space. Votes: 0

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose. Votes: 0

From the time I was a small boy, I remember working in the fields with my grandfather and father. We weren't growing grapes, but we were farming crops, creating something good out of the earth. Votes: 0

When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good. Votes: 0

My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad. Votes: 0

This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me. Votes: 0