At one point, when I was 20 and living in Kentucky, I got shot - it was a land dispute over six… — Jack Bowman Copy Share Image
If then, said I, the question is put to me would I rather have a miserable ape for a grandfather or a… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
My grandfather told me that I should have a series of headshots, one with a tennis racket, one dressed as a naval… — Henry Lloyd-Hughes Copy Share Image
“SOCIAL SERVICE: My grandfather used to say, 'If you wish to help, what your right hand does, your left should not know!'… — Adiela Akoo Copy Share Image
“Maybe, his grandparents were not the saints that they were painted out to be by the public. Especially, if his grandfather could… — Kristina Stangl Copy Share Image
I put the copy of 'A Christmas Carol' that my grandfather had first read to me 60 years ago on my desk,… — Whitley Strieber Copy Share Image
We are a mixed up people. We have mixed up ways of naming, too... When my father's brothers and sisters first went… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a giant of a man ... When he walked, the earth shook. When he laughed, the birds fell out… — Eth Clifford Copy Share Image
My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the company that he would carry… — Larry Page Copy Share Image
My mom and grandfather are my first teachers of music. Those experiences and the process of exploring music as a discipline through… — Guillermo E. Brown Copy Share Image
Every day before supper and before we went to services on Sundays. My grandmother would read the Bible to me, and my… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
I give my grandfather, Dr Harold Young, a forestry Professor at the University of Maine, full credit for my career path. He… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
I was born rather late in [my father's] life, in his mid - 40s. And so what he did up until the… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
My grandfather had asked me many times whether I'd like to come to South Carolina with him. He wanted to introduce me… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
Then I found another one, grandpa's poem. It turned out it had been written by Emily Brontë and it wasn't my grandfather's… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: 'Use your eyes!'… — Keith Coogan Copy Share Image
My grandfather was very into horse racing, and I found some of his old journals and got into it from there. It… — Bode Miller Copy Share Image
My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them. The king… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
My paternal grandfather worked in the mill all his life. My father worked in the mill almost his whole life. I worked… — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
In high school I was leafing through an anthology that our teachers had given up and I found a poem, I go,… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
My grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I rebelled against all form of authority, against my grandfather, my step-father, the Church, the police, the government, the bosses. Everything male… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I don't have a traditional design background, but it's inherent to me. My father was in the fabric industry, and even my… — Stacey Bendet Copy Share Image
My grandfather always told me that it is no good lying on a hospital bed saying, 'I had the right of way',… — Nigel Mansell Copy Share Image
I want to learn about a different religion. I grew up Catholic, but my grandfather was Jewish. Knowledge about other religions can… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a teacher, my grandmother on my mom's side, four of my aunts, my sister-in-law, my best friend. So I've… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
When I was a child I accidentally made a chemical bomb. I also ate my grandfather's heart pills. I got my stomach… — Brittany Howard Copy Share Image
She glances back before stepping into the alley, and she catches her grandfather looking at her the way he does sometimes--as if… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Today, when I asked my grandfather for some relationship advice he said: Honestly, the moment I stopped trying to find the right… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wrote "Miner's Prayer" after [grandfather] died. I'd gone back to his funeral, and he died in 1979. And I came back… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
Gratitude to the Great Sky who holds billions of stars - and goes yet beyond that - beyond all powers, and thoughts… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
As a child, I had no idea that I would end up in the film industry. My ambitions changed from wanting to… — Arjun Rampal Copy Share Image
My grandfather always sang about the light, and for some reason, I don't know why, it even goes back to when I… — Hank Williams III Copy Share Image
My grandfather, as I said, was industrious. He'd had a variety of jobs and decided sometime in the 1940s that he would… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a pawnbroker, and when I was in first or second grade, my parents opened their own store. I probably… — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
My grandfather was Orthodox, and he was religious, but neither of my parents were. Of course, as they got older, it seems… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
You only had to choose which me to talk to, for, you know, we all change our manners, depending on who has… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my… — Clare Bowen Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather was a miner who went off and became an entertainer for a few years to get out of the mines.… — Rebecca Front Copy Share Image
![“I was born rather late in [my father's] life, in his mid - 40s. And so what he did up until the time he was 15, I think probably from age 12 to 15, my grandfather made him demonstrate mediumistic powers at the Exeter Street Theater, the first Spiritualist church in the United States.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a65/paul-laffoley-7077_age_i-was-born-rather-late-in-my-father-s-li_443162.jpg)
![“I wrote "Miner's Prayer" after [grandfather] died. I'd gone back to his funeral, and he died in 1979. And I came back to California, and I think a couple of weeks after that funeral wrote that song thinking about him, his life.” quote by Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7d3/dwight-yoakam-9632_california_i-wrote-miner-s-prayer-after-grandfather_2249586.jpg)
