My grandfather was a very mystical guy who travelled from Argentina to Chile, across the mountains with a donkey, carrying the Torah. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
You know, my dad was a second lieutenant in the Air National Guard Reserve, and my grandfather wasn't particularly happy about the… — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
I can't claim my grandfather's work has influenced mine directly, but his life certainly inspired me to follow this path. — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
While making my first film as a director, my father and grandfather used to ask me to explain the scenes by performing… — Randhir Kapoor Copy Share Image
Of this blest man, let his just praise be given, Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven. — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
In the early '50s, my great-grandmother and grandfather raised a baby gorilla named Bobo who wore clothes and played with the neighborhood… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
Music has always been a part of me, even from when I was born, from my mother, Cedella, to my uncles, all… — Skip Marley Copy Share Image
It's okay," he informs me. "Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker." If I know Grandad, that means what he'll… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Since, in the best Southern tradition, I was named Edmund Valentine White III, sometimes when people look up my books on Amazon… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“Of course it would be hard. But I remembered what my nurseryman grandfather used to say when I didn’t want to go… — Rollo Romig Copy Share Image
My grandfather milked several cows twice a day and supplied the neighbours with dairy products. He liked to go visiting around the… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
One of the saddest sentences I know is "I wish I had asked my mother about that." Or my father. Or my… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
With every year that passes, I get further away from my target audience, and while I've been happy to think of myself… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
My family's business was actually an amusement park in New Orleans. My grandfather had started that, and my grandmother was a dance… — Bryan Batt Copy Share Image
I'm a grandfather now, and when I watch children's shows with my two-year-old grandson, Arlo, I'm delighted because it's completely non-traditional casting.… — Art Malik Copy Share Image
I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
Not only my parents but the whole family was involved in the resistance - my grandfather and grandmother, my uncles and aunts,… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Learning the lessons of the past allows you to walk boldly in the light without running the risk of stumbling in the… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
I carry in my datebook a piece of paper that my mother copied out for me, from the 1840 Census. Hardy Callaway… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
My grandfather is from Ireland. His name is Florence McCarthy. He moved to New York in 1920. They used to beat him… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
“Grandfather interrogates me about you every day. He desires to know if you forgive him for the things he told you about… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The new Bond film, will be a big, big hit, because every Bond film is an event. Fathers take their sons to… — Roger Moore Copy Share Image
I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I'm half-Puerto Rican. But yeah, I have a huge family… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life. So I grew up having a… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Darian is a Greek name, and my grandson is definitely going to be a Greek God, just like his grandfather. — Hema Malini Copy Share Image
My grandfather did not travel across 4,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this country overrun by immigrants. He did it… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen. — Robin Tunney Copy Share Image
A long time ago, my grandfather used to play blackjack with me, when I was very small, and I quite enjoyed that. — Victoria Coren Mitchell Copy Share Image
My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
My great-great-grandfather lived to age 28, my immigrant great-grandfather Pedro Gotiaoco died at 66, my grandfather was 68, and my father died at 34. — John Gokongwei Copy Share Image
Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
My grandfather was actually a union organizer at Walt Disney. He was an animator. He used to draw Donald Duck for Walt… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
“From my Great-grandfather, not to have frequented public schools, and to have had good teachers at home, and to know that on… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished… — Karrine Steffans Copy Share Image
I have a ranch in Montana, but it's not a real working ranch. I've always liked the outdoors. I come from Texas.… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
My grandfather, K.R. Balan, a pioneer in the film industry, wanted me to try my hand at acting. — Sangeetha Krish Copy Share Image
On my 14th birthday, my grandfather and my grandmother gave me the best birthday present ever: a drafting table that I have… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
I have an ideological umbilical cord with the BJP... we are three-generation party supporters... my grandfather was a swayamsevak, my mother, a… — Smriti Irani Copy Share Image
