As I watched my grandfather work with people who were impoverished, I began to understand that to be truly human, one must… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
My father didn't know his last name. My father got his last name from his grandfather, and his grandfather got it from… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The custom of my grandfather's day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it. — Desi Arnaz Copy Share Image
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. — Black Elk Copy Share Image
As I mentioned, things were particularly hard during the Depression. My paternal grandfather was frequently out of work, and the family was… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
My grandfather was one of the very, very first, if not the first, Samoan wrestlers to become known on a worldwide basis. — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
His grandfather had often told him that he tried too hard to move trees when a wiser man would walk around them. — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
Since, in the best Southern tradition, I was named Edmund Valentine White III, sometimes when people look up my books on Amazon… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
My grandfather milked several cows twice a day and supplied the neighbours with dairy products. He liked to go visiting around the… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
With every year that passes, I get further away from my target audience, and while I've been happy to think of myself… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
I'm a grandfather now, and when I watch children's shows with my two-year-old grandson, Arlo, I'm delighted because it's completely non-traditional casting.… — Art Malik Copy Share Image
My family's business was actually an amusement park in New Orleans. My grandfather had started that, and my grandmother was a dance… — Bryan Batt Copy Share Image
I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
One of the saddest sentences I know is "I wish I had asked my mother about that." Or my father. Or my… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“When I was a wee little kid," remarked Roic, watching over their shoulders, "there was a time I thought that any skinny… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“How can school help you with the land?" he asked. An old grandfather leaned out of the shadows to make answer. "Learning… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a member of Parliament for 40 years. Obviously we're talking here South Africa, a whites only parliament. I grew… — William Kentridge Copy Share Image
The world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young, act… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“Suddenly the memory of his wife came back to him and, no doubt feeling it would be too complicated to try to… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Having still in my recollection so many excellent men, to whose grandfathers, upon the same spots, my grandfather had yielded cheerful obedience… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
You have to understand that I'm a child of the second generation, which means my mother was in Auschwitz, and the aunt… — Chantal Akerman Copy Share Image
“When I was a boy my grandfather died, and he was a sculptor. He was also a very kind man who had… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I always knew about as a kid, knew that that particular injury at [my grandfather's] finger had been caused in that disaster… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
While my mother is from Jammu, my father was originally from Afghanistan, as my grandfather was the governor of five provinces there,… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
“With both her earthly father and grandfather gone, God Himself was becoming so much more personal and important to her.” — Rosemary Hines Copy Share Image
“Permission to buy apricots and oranges from my own trees, the ones my great grandfather planted and i kept alive in drought… — Michelle Cohen Corasanti Copy Share Image
I think back, when I saw The Great Gatsby, the film, my grandfather probably helped supply all the alcohol to all these… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a flight attendant; my mother had a pilot's license, and my grandfather was a pilot. That's how my grandmother… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
I want you to think about your grandfather's integrity and grit when you're staring at the ceiling of your barracks room, but… — David Robinson Copy Share Image
Smoking-related heart disease runs in my family. My grandfather and great-grandfather died in their early 40s. — Chloe Madeley Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a lawyer, my dad was a lawyer, my mum was a lawyer, I got an uncle who's a lawyer,… — Benicio Del Toro Copy Share Image
When I was four or five years old, my grandfather showed me how to build things, paint, saw. Through years of fixing… — Tony Fadell Copy Share Image
I am a born hunter, like my father, my grandfather, and every man of my family before them. — Roberto Baggio Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, I liked to call myself 'The Grandfather of NXT' because I was one of the first to come… — Bray Wyatt Copy Share Image
I think about my grandfather who's 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket. — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a Methodist preacher, and my father was an unsuccessful businessman. We didn't have status or wealth. — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
My grandfather told me our history through his stories about all the great Zulu battles. — John Kani Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
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