The day she was born,her grandfather made her a ring of…

“Slim cunning hands at rest, and cozening eyes, Under this stone one loved too wildly lies; How false she was, no granite could declare;…

— Walter de la Mare

When my Mexican-born grandfather, Rafael, immigrated to work in the mines of the American Southwest, where he eventually settled with his young bride to…

— Rachel Campos-Duffy

If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't want to…

— Frank Herbert

“if I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. There's no doubt of it. I just don't want to…

— Frank Herbert

The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why…

— Dave Barry

My great grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it to her…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee; I went to college in New Orleans before moving to New York City for graduate school. Both sets…

— Bryant Terry

My grandparents were classic Indian grandparents. My grandmother would put so much powder on her face that it was like a Kabuki play and…

— M. Night Shyamalan

The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather.

— Margaret Mead

You don't have to be in "Who's Who" to know what's what.

— Sam Levenson

If you want to know where I come by the passionate commitment I have to bringing people together without regard to race, it all…

— William J. Clinton

To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."

— Robert Breault

It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't do this,…

— Novak Djokovic

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And,…

— Rudy Giuliani

Miami Beach - that's where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother - a Holocaust…

— Brett Ratner