My grandparents from the old country, Latvia, were all…

My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring…

— Grace Jones

I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines

— Christian Lacroix

I listened to a lot of what my grandparents listened to: George Jones, Johnny Cash - a lot of old country singers. Patsy Cline.

— Trixie Mattel

“Here, he felt like a stranger in a strange- and extremely seductive- land. In contrast to the places of his past, Bella Vista seemed…

— Susan Wiggs

I've been a fan of old country music, like Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline. I think I'm drawn to it because of the sense of…

— Sarah McLachlan

Other days, other ways; and, although they have now been greatly improved upon, the old country midwives did at least succeed in bringing into…

— Flora Thompson

“The German deli was run by a distant cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm and the Great Neck Jews loved the place; they flocked to Kuch's.…

— Amy Bloom

The world changes fast, and a lot of the old country folks have a hard time keeping up with it, and it makes them…

— Jason Isbell

“Meanwhile direct your attention to the three gentlemen at the door: they are conversing. 1st Gent. — Who’s the man of the house —…

— Charles Dickens

“Why do these big old country houses always have family portraits in the dining room? Do you really want to eat with someone's gloomy…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

“many of us, as immigrants—or our parents or our grandparents—had chosen to leave our pasts behind just as the Goldens were now choosing, encouraging…

— Salman Rushdie

There is no Thanksgiving back in the old country where I come from. You know why? Because being thankful is a sin.

— Craig Ferguson

“She had that emigrant’s sadness—she would never go back to her old country—it was gone in more senses than one—but she was forever gazing…

— Colum McCann

I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young,…

— Barack Obama

There is here, what is not in the old country. In spite of hard, unfamiliar things, there is here - hope. In the old…

— Betty Smith