You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your…

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

— Anonymous

“You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. Never interrupt your opponent while he’s making a mistake. May…

— Revell

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

— Abraham Lincoln

He's got everything. He' not a great player yet because he hasn't won any major championships, but it's a matter of time. He's an…

— Nick Price

In my grandfather's day, there was a different perspective on war and men that went into war; it was such a patriotic act to…

— Ashton Holmes

When we lived in a society where we had large families that lived together, especially in agricultural societies like my grandfather and father grew…

— Atul Gawande

I use the phrase 'sibling society' to suggest a culture fundamentally without fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, or ancestors. The thinking is horizontal.

— Robert Bly

“Badass.'" My grandfather sampled the flavor of the word. It did not seem to revolt him, but it was nothing he needed ever to…

— Michael Chabon

I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice.…

— George Papandreou

“The war that killed my grandfather and great-uncles and thousands of other blacks is only a footnote in our history books.”

— Cristina García

I am ever mindful of the legacy of my grandfather, the founder of this Kingdom, who had said to me that he perceived his…

— King Hussein I

Grandfather / advised me: / Learn a trade / I learned / to sit at desk / and condense / No layoff / from this / condensery.

— Lorine Niedecker

“The two families, sundered in the ruin of a friendship, were united again first in new friendship and then in mariage. My grandfather made…

— Wendell Berry

Now I am in the place I call this wide wide Heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the most humble…

— Alice Sebold

I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the…

— Karen Hawkins