Quotes about Great-grandfather

All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white. Votes: 2

I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather. Votes: 2

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

As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California. Votes: 2

My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream. Votes: 2

My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot. Votes: 2

I come from a line of railroad men. My great-grandfather was a surveyor for the Burlington Railroad. Votes: 2

My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do. Votes: 2

There is no need to tell you that the 'Prince of Salina' is the Prince Lampedusa, my great-grandfather Giulio Fabrizio. Votes: 2

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: 2

In rural parts of China, it's like stepping back into the era of my grandfather or great-grandfather - not much has changed. Votes: 2

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: 2

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: 2

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: 2

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: 2

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: 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

My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named for his father and great-grandfather, and I was named Albert Horton Foote, Jr. Votes: 2

My great-grandfather, Sam Aykroyd, was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he was also an Edwardian spiritualist researcher who was very interested in what was going on in the invisible world, the survival of the consciousness, precipitated paintings, mediumship, and trans-channeling. Votes: 2

I'm such an odd mix of things. My grandfather was Indian: I've got more family living in India than I do in the U.K. My old man was East London. I was brought up in Yorkshire. My great-grandfather was Irish. Votes: 2

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

My own great-grandfather suffered so much from asthma that he had to walk a mile or two behind the covered wagons crossing the plains to avoid the dust. However, he always arrived at his destination and did his share of the work. Votes: 2

The family on my mom's side, their whole business is inventing and pitching stuff. My grandfather is in infomercials. He's a pitchman, so if you're ever watching TV late at night, you'll probably see him pitching knives. My great-grandfather also invented the plastic cheese grater. Votes: 2

My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father, my great-great-grandfather, had actually come to America a generation before when times were very bad in Ireland. He worked in the Pennsylvania area and did well with horses and farming. Votes: 2

My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files and rulers. It all dealt with conciseness and precision. It eliminated guesswork. One has to know his tools, so he doesn't work against himself. Votes: 2

If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they'd tear me apart. Votes: 2

My grandfather was a great chef. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. Votes: 0

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 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'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

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

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

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

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