“I think they worried that my grandfather would infect me with some incurable dreaminess from which I'd never recover.” — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour! — Anne Baxter Copy Share Image
Grandfather was well known for being stubborn in his ideas. For instance... you had to go to sleep facing east so that… — Michael Dorris Copy Share Image
I blame my grandfather 100 percent for his oldest son's death. I don't think there's any ambiguity there. — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
Like so many of the young men he grew up with, my grandfather Luis Lujan was proud to answer his nation's call… — Ben Ray Lujan Copy Share Image
My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
When I talk to entrepreneurs today, I feel like the grandfather who was in the Civil War. — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a politician and lived in Washington, D.C., so as a kid, I used to go to D.C. every other… — Alexandra Daddario Copy Share Image
When the music stopped, it could have been forever since we'd begun. My grandfather took a step back, and the light grew… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
My parents were practicing Jews. My mother grew up in an orthodox synagogue, and after my grandfather died, she went to a… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
At home - where my grandmother certainly had to deal with Donald more than my grandfather did because he was at work… — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who, as they… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
When my father ran for the state Assembly, the headline said, 'Kean's Son to Run for Assembly.' When my grandfather first ran… — Thomas Kean, Jr Copy Share Image
My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand… — Erik Estrada Copy Share Image
Coffee, she'd discovered, was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, a favorite grandfather long… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Your grandfather were a quiet and secret man he had been ripped from his home in Tipperary and transported to the prisons… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee; I went to college in New Orleans before moving to New York City for graduate school.… — Bryant Terry Copy Share Image
The street is as diverse as any other sector, but in peoples' mind it gets appropriated as a black man who's tough.… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Grandfather's been dead all these years, but if you lifted my skull, by God, in the convolutions of my brain you'd find… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Po?” His voice rasped with the effort of speaking. “Po.” He struggled to clear his throat and then lay still for a… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“[My grandfather] returned to what he called ‘studying.’ He sat looking down at his lap, his left hand idle on the chair… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“One hundred years ago my great-grandfather thought women shouldn't vote. He was absolutely certain about that, and I'm absolute certain he was… — Tony Jones Copy Share Image
“Dr. Henry Templeton got the drop on me after I killed his grandfather before he was born. Apparently, that wasn’t enough to… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
[My grandfather -a miner] had black lung, and he didn't talk about it much. It's almost like a combat veteran. But he… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
I worked with him every day, and he was more than my grandfather. He was my best friend. — Corey Harrison Copy Share Image
The people whom the sons and daughters find it hardest to understand are the fathers and mothers, but young people can get… — Simeon Strunsky Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a history teacher, one reason the subject has been an integral part of my life. — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo." — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it. — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. — Al Jardine Copy Share Image
I have been on the cover of Time magazine. My father was on the cover of Time, and my grandfather was on… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and… — David Hyde Pierce Copy Share Image
“There was something about his grandfather's death, about men who love their sons . . .” — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
If you're going to say the Jesus Prayer, at least say it to Jesus, and not to St. Francis and Seymour and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
![“[My grandfather] returned to what he called ‘studying.’ He sat looking down at his lap, his left hand idle on the chair arm, his right scratching his head, his white hair gleaming in the lamplight. I knew that when he was studying he was thinking, but I did not know what about. Now I have aged…” quote by Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8b6/wendell-berry-236_civil-war_my-grandfather-returned-to-what-he-calle_1877401.jpg)
![“[My grandfather -a miner] had black lung, and he didn't talk about it much. It's almost like a combat veteran. But he witnessed some horrific things.” quote by Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/734/dwight-yoakam-9632_black_my-grandfather-a-miner-had-black-lung-an_874441.jpg)
