Grandfather Quotes · Page 10

Grandfather informs me that is not possible.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

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

— Johanna Spyri

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

— John F. Kennedy

Curtis Axel has more talent than his grandfather and his father.

— Paul Heyman

My grandfather, father, and uncle were chefs, and my other uncle was a butcher.

— Marco Pierre White

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

— Bill Cosby

Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.

— Gene Perret

Luckily, my grandfather was willing to sacrifice everything for me.

— Marcelo

Although raised on the farm - my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer - my father and his brother both…

— Philip Warren Anderson

My grandfather, who's still alive, has always been involved in art, antiques, and things like that. I think I learned so much…

— Jonathan Anderson

“Do not wish your life away, " Grandfather would tell her. "None of us know the number of days we are allotted.…

— Tracie Peterson

My grandfather is my biggest fashion critic. He takes a keen interest in the millennial fashion, most of which he disapproves of,…

— Mithila Palkar

My grandfather was actually a doo-wop singer in Panama. They were called The Dominos. He was the high soprano voice.

— Ravyn Lenae

Electing the first Catholic president, my grandfather, in 1960, did not mean that religious intolerance disappeared from our land.

— Jack Schlossberg

I grew up with my grandfather, so I knew him really, really well. He was funny and opinionated and wonderful. He was…

— Sophie Dahl

Several of my uncles are comedians. My father is a comedian; my grandfather was known for his jokes. It definitely runs in…

— Charlie Murphy

It was no mystery why Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold had singled me out as a prime prospect for their heinous crime.…

— Armand Deutsch

My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the…

— Mickey Mantle

I've just always been a coin collector, ever since my grandfather had some ancient coins that he passed down to me, it's…

— Kellan Lutz

I had lost my grandfather just a month-and-a-half before I made my debut. I was suddenly scoring runs and getting into the…

— Mohammad Azharuddin

As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and…

— Solomon Ortiz

I always picture my grandkids looking at their grandfather and saying, 'My grandfather was the last or the first to do something.'…

— Deontay Wilder

I thought theater people wouldn't see me if I hadn't trained. I didn't want to just be the Brideshead guy, to spend…

— Tom Hiddleston

I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense…

— Ian Dunbar

But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other…

— Ruskin Bond

I know my grandfather drank occasionally socially, what we call "taking a sip." And my father never touched the bottle. He condemned…

— David C. Driskell

“It's kind of surprising, considering he spends most of his time in Vegas, playing poker (professionally, of all things), man-whoring, and tossing…

— Ella James

I was taught to read by my grandmother. Central to her method was a tale of unnatural love called 'The Duck and…

— Gore Vidal

“He has always been a silent gargoyle sitting at the head of our family table. I've pieced together his story from what…

— Amber Dawn

“Sile looked momentarily stymied, then shook his head sharply. "You won't go alone." "I can't ask anyone--" "You aren't asking," Sile said…

— Lynn Kurland

I heard more of the stories from my mother and my granny and my aunts that would describe what they had known…

— Dwight Yoakam

My grandfather was a Holocaust survivor and his life and history were very formative to myself and my family. The almost unimaginable…

— Jonathan Raymond

My grandfather said, "When you become senile, you won't know it."

— Bill Cosby

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

— Emo Philips

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

— Milton Jones

Vengeance only destroys the one who seeks it. (Theo- Geary’s Grandfather/Acheron)

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

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

— Anonymous

My grandfather spoke fluent Spanish and I have family members who speak fluent Spanish.

— Tony Gonzalez

I named Scotty after my maternal grandfather Montgomery.

— James Doohan

My great-grandfather is where I channeled making my own music from.

— Darren Waller