“Next to her, my grandfather softly droops under the grand dome above us, painted by some hideously famous artist centuries ago, as… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
After miraculously surviving two heart surgeries, pneumonia and a mild stroke, at 82 my grandfather was no longer able to care for… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Grandad has a long and earnest conversation with his grandchild. He says, you are noisy and wiggly and will be sent back… — Pam Brown Copy Share Image
Your grandfather is and will always be your hero, your inspiration. He fought in World War II, came home to Little Rock,… — David Robinson Copy Share Image
In two or three hundred years life on earth will be unimaginably beautiful, astounding. Man needs such a life and if it… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I don't want to do a biopic. If there was one biopic I would do, it would be about my grandfather, the… — N. T. Rama Rao, Jr Copy Share Image
My dad's side of the family ... they're a real bizarre bunch, going back to the original colonies. That side's got a… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
My grandfather on one side was trained as a cabinetmaker but eventually worked as a coachbuilder and then built cars. I inherited… — Richard Hammond Copy Share Image
My grandfather stood beside me and looked across the street, too. "No, Bryce," he said softly. "She's the same as she's always… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
“Natalya hugged him hard, already torn with remorse over the forces that govern this family. “No, Seva, you won't be allowed to… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
My grandmother on my father's side, a nightclub singer, was a Jewish refugee from Prussia who ended up in Jerusalem, where she… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
I am colored but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used… — Vincent Schiavelli Copy Share Image
In mind's special processes, a ten-mile run takes far longer than the 60 minutes reported by a grandfather clock. Such time, in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When my Mexican-born grandfather, Rafael, immigrated to work in the mines of the American Southwest, where he eventually settled with his young… — Rachel Campos-Duffy Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in the Bronx and my grandfather and my brother Garry were huge Yankees fans. One of my… — Penny Marshall Copy Share Image
On occasion, I like to reread my grandfather's letters. While leafing through them, I'm saddened by what is being lost in modern… — Kristina McMorris Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my grandfather said that "if you say a word often enough, it becomes you." Thinking of that… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
Culture is like the sum of special knowledge that accumulates in any large united family and is the common property of all… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
It's my style, and I'll sink or swim on that style. What you heard on 3AW is what you'll hear on Triple… — Rex Hunt Copy Share Image
You write because you don't talk very well, and maybe one of the reasons that I was determined to write was that… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“When he was young, that God out of the Orient, then was he harsh and revengeful, and built himself a hell for… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I never want to abandon my bike. I see my grandfather, now in his seventies and riding around everywhere. To me that… — Stephen Roche Copy Share Image
“...You see?" Granger turned to Montag. "Grandfather's been dead for all these years, but if you lifted my skull, by God, in… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The thing my father was proudest of was the Ayres clock at the intersection of Washington Street and Meridian. That made him… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I haven't done any genealogical exploring myself, though members of my family and also of my husband's family have traced things back.… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
My great grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
“My grandfather was sparing in his praise of apprentices. My grandfather insisted we think for ourselves and achieve for our own satisfaction.… — Janny Wurts Copy Share Image
For me this was never a money issue, it was about being rich in your heart. To come home, and to be… — Baron Davis Copy Share Image
My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a ship's cook, and he came back from the Far East very often with strange little toys. One of… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
My grandfather on my dad's side was the first in our family to settle in the U.K. He came from Pakistan on… — Amir Khan Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
I've had a wonderful life, I've been a husband and a father who cherishes his children and now I'm a grandfather, and… — B. J. Thomas Copy Share Image
My paternal grandfather, when he was in the army in World War II - he was over in the South Pacific, and… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I think everyone's had a brother or a father or a cousin, uncle or grandfather who's had health issues because they've neglected… — James Magnussen Copy Share Image
