My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo." — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I worked with him every day, and he was more than my grandfather. He was my best friend. — Corey Harrison Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a history teacher, one reason the subject has been an integral part of my life. — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
The people whom the sons and daughters find it hardest to understand are the fathers and mothers, but young people can get… — Simeon Strunsky Copy Share Image
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning. — Harley Viera-Newton Copy Share Image
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Mobile is a seaport town, and we ate a lot of seafood. We'd go fishing, we'd catch our fish and we'd eat… — Billy Williams Copy Share Image
My father never really encouraged me or even took an interest after I walked away from the family business. No one did… — Juergen Teller Copy Share Image
A piece that is extremely close to my heart is a gold ring with bouts of mint and baby pink that my… — Masaba Gupta Copy Share Image
My grandfather was one of the most amazing Baptist ministers in history, he was unbelievable. He was one of the most amazing… — Josh Henderson Copy Share Image
I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
I have one. I may get another during the off-season, I might get my son's name but I'm not sure yet. The… — Adam Pally Copy Share Image
Never before had she seen such creatures, though they looked much live very large, very shaggy white goats. Thin black horns punctuated… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
Mother had to support herself at age 18 because it was during the depression and when my grandfather lost the farm and… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee; I went to college in New Orleans before moving to New York City for graduate school.… — Bryant Terry Copy Share Image
Coffee, she'd discovered, was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, a favorite grandfather long… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
This isn't the Democratic party of our fathers and grandfathers. This is the party of Woodstock hippies. I was at Woodstock--I built… — John Ratzenberger Cliff on Cheers Copy Share Image
At the age of three I began to look around my grandfather's library. My first knowledge of astronomy came from reading and… — Jesse L. Greenstein Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor ever since I was five. My grandparents - my mom's parents in New York - were… — Lydia Wilson Copy Share Image
Every time you recall a memory, you're basically making another copy of it and at that same point it is susceptible to… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
“One Kashmiri morning in the early spring of 1915, my grandfather Aadam Aziz hit his nose against a frost-hardened tussock of earth… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Now, where were we when our conversation had to be abandoned downstairs?” he said when Ian handed the papers back to him.… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I know that my great-grandfather - George Rich - was born in Cape Town in 1866 and it set my journey off… — Shirley Ballas Copy Share Image
I like to fish. I collect pocketknives. I inherited a nice collection from my father and grandfather. — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
When anything bad happens to me or someone I know, I always know who to blame. My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly… — Georgina Chapman Copy Share Image
My grandfather taught me how important it is to have your eyes open,because you never know what's going to come your way. — Bobbi Brown Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a vicar, and there was quite a lot of churchgoing when I was growing up. It's a world that… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
“Grandfather recently died. He died alone on a trip away from home in a town where no one expected him to be” — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Your grandfather's coffin is heavier than you expect. Your father's coffin is heavier than you can bear. — Todd Lowe Copy Share Image
My son Cary's generation likely won't know who my father was, but it's something nice for him that his grandfather was an… — Jennifer Grant Copy Share Image
The first grown-up book that I read on my own was a nineteenth-century edition of 'Tales from Livy' that I'd found in… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
My grandfather passed away in 1946, too early to see his dream of an independent India being realized. — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Yet my great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way and rowing another: and I got most of my estate by the… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
My grandfather always said a sudden shiver meant someone had just stepped on the spot where your grave would be. — Richard Bowes Copy Share Image