From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I grew up hearing stories about how my maternal grandfather had put himself through engineering school in New York City. He saved… — Jason Kilar Copy Share Image
“Do you know who your grand grand grand grand grand father is? Probably you don’t! If you want to know your very… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Human beings are naturally flawed when it comes to time and memory. The past is forgotten, or it is believed bad things… — Kristen Britain Copy Share Image
My grandfather, Harry Ferguson, was a butcher in Hill of Beath; so even though my grandparents lived in some poverty, we got… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share Image
The family story tells, and it was told true, of my great-grandfather who begat eight genius children and bought twelve almost new… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The… — Anson Mount Copy Share Image
I keep lot of my opinions to myself. My grandfather, who was a gravedigger, told me one day, 'Son, the next time… — Lee Trevino Copy Share Image
I know that my grandfather is 92 years old. And he has seen this country evolve in amazing ways. He looks at… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
I grew up in a big Irish family, where everyone played the traditional sports, and I remember my grandfather saying to me,… — Danielle Fotopoulos Copy Share Image
Donald learned from a very young age that in order to survive in my family, he needed to be what my grandfather… — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
The worst thing my grandfather did, starting from very early on, was just not accept my father for who he is. As… — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
“Quite remarkable. An associative house, every room of which is located somewhere else. So imaginative. Your grandfather was a man of vision,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think my grandfather had the most incredible strength of character to be able to survive the war and I hope that… — Annastacia Palaszczuk Copy Share Image
For generations, people have come to U.S. shores to seek opportunity. It's what my grandfather did a century ago, when he came… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
The whole world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young,… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone's life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't… — Novak Djokovic Copy Share Image
There they lived on, those New England people, farmer lives, father and grandfather and great-grandfather, on and on without noise, keeping up… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We need to work our level best in this legislative session to help grow Montana's economy, so that grandchildren can stay in… — Brian Schweitzer Copy Share Image
One becomes a grandfather and one sees the world a little differently. Certainly the world becomes a more vulnerable place when one… — C. K. Williams Copy Share Image
My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink.… — Emanuel Celler Copy Share Image
I part of this great nation because my grandfather was born here, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took a horse, back in 1895,… — Vicente Fox Copy Share Image
I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother, the disciplined resentment of… — Adam Clayton Powell, Jr Copy Share Image
I come from a blue collar family, but my personal life isn't. I didn't get the gene that my grandfather had in… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather was a kola nut trader and the richest man in West Africa at the time of his death. My father… — Aliko Dangote Copy Share Image
My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met… — Alexis Denisof Copy Share Image
I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in… — Pete du Pont Copy Share Image
India, to some extent, courses through my blood. My father was brought up there, and my grandfather served there, and so on.… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
When we lived in a society where we had large families that lived together, especially in agricultural societies like my grandfather and… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
“Reminds me of something my grandfather would say. He'd say, "I'm goin' upstairs to fuck your grandmother." He was an honest man,… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Be on guard against any tampering with the Word, whether disguised as a search for truth, or a scholarly attempt at apparently… — M. R. DeHaan Copy Share Image
If I walk in a home, and a young man disrespects his mother or grandfather, grandmother in front of me, I'm out.… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
My father was a steel worker and Martin's [Schulz] grandfather was a miner in Saarland. In these occupations, there is a particular… — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
I had a great childhood. Even though I never had my own room - I shared the porch with my grandfather and… — Clint Hill Copy Share Image
“Most of the questions people asked you, he felt, were there to fill up dead space, curtail your movements, divert your energy… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I come from a family of actors. My grandfather was like a Laurence Olivier with the Comedie Francaise. Since I was four… — Emmanuelle Seigner Copy Share Image
My dog, Ginger, is jumpy-like me-sensitive to sound and sudden movement. She wasn't that way at first, but not long after we… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
![“My father was a steel worker and Martin's [Schulz] grandfather was a miner in Saarland. In these occupations, there is a particular awareness of solidarity. That creates links that aren't present in other relationships.” quote by Jean-Claude Juncker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/05e/jean-claude-juncker-3277_awareness_my-father-was-a-steel-worker-and-martin_416586.jpg)
