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. — John Gokongwei Copy Share Image
“From my Great-grandfather, not to have frequented public schools, and to have had good teachers at home, and to know that on… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
I spent time at my grandfather Dino's gourmet store where he brought in chefs from Naples to cook. I thought of them… — Giada De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
Everyone was a footballer in my family. My grandfather Wilf played for Newcastle and my cousins play. It's in the blood. — Alan Carr Copy Share Image
I grew up knowing my grandfather had served our country for decades in the Navy, buried in his whites in Arlington; I… — Brooke Baldwin Copy Share Image
Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile. — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it. — Rebecca Harding Davis Copy Share Image
I'm in a place in my life where I get offered parts that I didn't get offered before - fathers and uncles… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
“The reason is obvious. You're my grandfather, okay. Like it or not, you're who you are and i'm who i am. And… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Harkening back to a story about my grandfather, I was lucky to attend a great high school in New York, Bronx High… — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
“Hearing Evangeline’s name startled Verlaine. “Percival Grigori is her grandfather?” he said, unable to mask his incredulity. “Yes,” Gabriella said. “It was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Trump voter isn't just an ignorant white guy in the South that if he were more educated would vote differently. The… — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
“As if Jari’s openness had triggered something in Aamir, the older boy also began to reminisce. “My grandfather used to paint. He… — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the… — Albert Finney Copy Share Image
“Of course it would be hard. But I remembered what my nurseryman grandfather used to say when I didn’t want to go… — Rollo Romig Copy Share Image
My grandfather is from Ireland. His name is Florence McCarthy. He moved to New York in 1920. They used to beat him… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I love storms and how the whole house shakes. When I was a kid, there would be lots of thunder and lightning… — Feist Copy Share Image
They were indeed what was known as 'old money', which meant that it had been made so long ago that the black… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I didn't suspect the day Grandfather came out and got me and my sister, Lula, and hauled us off toward the ferry… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
Belgarath and Garion effortlessly hurdled over the driftwood and loped off into the fog. "It's going to be a wet day," Garion… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
“See what I mean? I think it’s a generational thing.” She turned to him, and a faint smile played at the corners… — Katie Graykowski Copy Share Image
We need to prove to American voters, particularly independent voters who gave us this opportunity to lead, that this is not your… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a massive influence in my music. Growing up, he would play a lot of old-school records to me. A… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
“So that means you are almost old enough to be my grandfather." Raj laughed, Your great, great, grandfather, more likely, but whose… — D.B. Reynolds Copy Share Image
George Foreman acts more like my grandfather. He and my grandfather act just alike - they're both Christian type guys. They try… — Derrick Lewis Copy Share Image
My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters. — Kevin Richardson Copy Share Image
My grandfather killed my father in my mind. I know he died of cancer-but it was because of what my grandfather did… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“There are fathers who do not love their children; there exists no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. At” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
My grandfather taught me trees and the Latin names of trees when I was five or six. His father was a forester,… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
The only thing I don't like is being called the 'grandfather of the cellphone' because that makes me a little older than… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
We were just country people. All my grandfathers had farms. They had chickens, cattle and tried to get by farming, for the… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
My grandfather's a little forgetful, but he likes to give me advice. One day, he took me aside and left me there. — Ron Richards Copy Share Image
My grandfather served as a pilot with the Army Air Corps, and he was shot down over Normandy in August 1944. — Mikie Sherrill Copy Share Image
I grew up a huge wrestling fan. My grandfather, who was a minister and retired when I was a young kid in… — John Layfield Copy Share Image
Every time I post something, I forget it's me. I'm a grandfather so my concern is not being popular and trying to… — Al B. Sure Copy Share Image
More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather. — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
