I grew up in a modern business environment and did not experience the kind of prejudice that my mother and grandfather experienced. — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
My grandfather says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
I've got deep roots in Kalamazoo, with a grandfather, Harold Allen, who was a big part of Upjohn Co. for many years… — David Means Copy Share Image
My mom's half-Irish, and my dad's half-Irish. We don't know much about my mom's side, but my dad's mom came from Belfast… — Coco Rocha Copy Share Image
Blue Ivy can say she knows who her great-great-great-great-grandfather is. How many people can say that? — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
I'm not the lovable, wonderful, tenderhearted grandfather that you read about in books. I'm grouchy and curmudgeonly, and I have a lot… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“The war that killed my grandfather and great-uncles and thousands of other blacks is only a footnote in our history books.” — Cristina García Copy Share Image
The comparison between Harry Cohen and my grandfather is not one that bears close examination. — Nicholas Soames Copy Share Image
My grandfather used to be a chef and I remember going to his restaurant to peel potatoes and clean his floor. He… — Gino D'Acampo Copy Share Image
My grandfather Urey was my hero. He worked three jobs. He had a dry cleaner's factory job in the day and a… — Dwane Casey Copy Share Image
I used to hang out with grandfather all the time because he used to pick me up from school sometimes, or drive… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I first heard the banjo on the Beverly Hillbillies, and from then on I was banjo-conscious. But I didn't actually get one… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
“The stable boy whose charge is this horse will receive fifty lashes for losing him," the old man said, cackling in delight… — Liz Braswell Copy Share Image
What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
[My grandfather] was very, very fortunate that he was never trapped in a mining cave-in. But he lost his brother in a… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
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… — Ralph Hall Copy Share Image
When I'm scared - and I'm always scared when I have to face an audience, when I have to read a review,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Other than his ex-wife and despite appearances with a series of cultivated blondes, Edward de Bono has never publicly aligned himself with… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
If they survive, today's children will inherit a world that our fathers and grandfathers have ravaged, where the seas are acidic cesspools… — Mumia Abu-Jamal Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me. While the… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
“THE STORY GOES THAT I sucked too avidly at my mother’s breast, and caused an abscess to bloom in the tender flesh… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“I have lived an eloquent sufficiency, any more would have been a superfluous redundancy." My grandfather, Howard Creelman, Sr. always said this… — Curt Creelman Copy Share Image
I do not always ask, in my prayers and discussions, for only those things I would like to see happen, because no… — Frank Fools Crow Copy Share Image
As a sick kid, I always looked out the window. The objects of my observation were the sun, the seasons, the wind,… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
I shared a room with my parents until I was 7, and I lived with my uncles and aunts and my cousins… — Dichen Lachman Copy Share Image
'Wheeler Dealers' is the grandfather of all the car restoration shows - it's the originator. — Ant Anstead Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do. — Nik Wallenda Copy Share Image
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. — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
I started singing at the age of 4, at my grandfather's church in McKinney, Texas. It was called Greater Hope Holiness Church.… — Quindon Tarver Copy Share Image
It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
There is this image of a guy in a hot tub, drinking champagne with two buxom blondes. But that is not the… — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more. — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
My grandfather is a musician, my son is a musician and a singer. My mother played the piano too. — Zico Copy Share Image
“Jack turned red,"I kinda let a princess die." His grandfather groaned. "You do realize that's not a good thing to do, right?"… — James Riley Copy Share Image
When you're all singing together, it brings things together. I know the songs that my grandfather and my father sang. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I always looked up to my grandfather. He wore Italian zip-up CAT boots, and he had a moustache which he waxed into… — Brandon Boyd Copy Share Image
My grandfather gave me a watch. It doesn't have any hands or numbers. He says it's very accurate. I asked him what… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
“As his grandfather said in that sage Pequot Indian manner of his, Wringin’ your hands only stops you from rollin’ up your… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a popular senator, known as an advocate for fiscal responsibility, including the line-item veto for the president. — Dorothy Bush Koch Copy Share Image
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. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
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