With the discovery of Zinjanthropus at Olduvai Gorge in 1959, my grandmother Mary Leakey pioneered the research in East Africa with my… — Louise Leakey Copy Share Image
The Alzheimer's Association is what I am passionate about. My grandfather had it. My mom has it. It's a horrible disease, and… — Graham Shiels Copy Share Image
Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician.… — Sam Rivers Copy Share Image
As a sick kid, I always looked out the window. The objects of my observation were the sun, the seasons, the wind,… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames.… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
No matter what ailed you, a small glass of schnapps would take care of it at once. This particular remedy was so… — Molly Picon Copy Share Image
I was dreaming ... about my grandfather. A very old man, at least as old as I am now, 91. I thought,… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
My father and grandfather were stockbrokers, and they would actually take stock certificates from a vault, give it to a runner, and… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
I confess that as a young boy, Sunday was not my favorite day. Grandfather shut down the action. We didn't have any… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Every business decision I ever made I learned from my grandfather Papa Sam. He moved here from Russia when he was a… — Bobbi Brown Copy Share Image
“he was unshakably determined to demand of anyone or anything that wanted to force him to live, whoever and whatever they might… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I was an overly young father, is the most polite way of putting it. I think I was rather immature and all… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather, Sam Aykroyd, was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he was also an Edwardian spiritualist researcher who was very interested… — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
I found a great deal of relief and excitement watching comics when I was very young. My grandmother was very into them… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
All my life, I've wanted to write a book inspired by my relationship with my grandfather. Basically, my grandfather was a guy… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“If ever I was going to listen to a string of swearwords sitting next to a ninety-four-year-old, I'm glad that ninety-four-year-old was… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
Several years ago, I was creating a Christmas present for the family, a self-published cookbook featuring recipes my grandmother had collected and… — Kristina McMorris Copy Share Image
I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy. Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/giada_de_laurentiis.htmlckpZdzIsiMQA4Wei.99 — Giada De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw… — Giovanni Ribisi Copy Share Image
I fought my grandfather like you wouldn't believe. I went my own way and decided to become a racing driver. I don't… — Niki Lauda Copy Share Image
I'm awful at karaoke, but if I did have to sing, I'd go for my favourite Frank Sinatra song 'I've Got You… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, my mother was born in Southampton. I have roots in Southampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor. My grandfather, her father, Stefano Rullo,… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
My mum left her job to allow me to pursue my dreams, coming along with me. But the person who really inspired… — Fred Copy Share Image
My grandfather died when I was 12, but I remember the sorrow of my mother. Even now, she's an old lady, but… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
When I started with Ramesh Sippy's 'Buniyaad' in 1985, I was in my mid-20s and within a year, I was elevated from… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
My grandfather was extremely dark and from Puerto Rico, but his brother had blond hair and blue eyes. There are so many… — La La Anthony Copy Share Image
I used to have a lovely wallet with lots of different compartments where I kept photographs of my grandmother, grandfather and friends.… — Neve McIntosh Copy Share Image
“was a trust fund from his grandfather, but Robyn hadn’t known that. And he hadn’t known or realized his money had been… — Christie Craig Copy Share Image
I remember my grandmother, Maria Roslyn, very well because she used to visit us in Wales when I was growing up. She… — Colin Jackson Copy Share Image
“Mr. Carter spoke, “I think your grandfather will be glad to help. I can go to Greenfield and tell him the whole… — Gertrude Chandler Warner Copy Share Image
In fact, Darwin's own grandfather anticipated the central tenet of Lamarckism by some seven years: "All animals undergo perpetual transformations; which are… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
“Odysseus had twenty years to shed his battle skin. My grandfather left the battlefield in France and rode home in a ship… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I bring a copy of 'Dracula' with me wherever I go, the book. It's my favorite book in the world, it's absolutely… — Jack Reynor Copy Share Image
My grandfather had two boys, my uncle had three boys, my dad had me and my two brothers, each of my brothers… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
The sole literary presence from my childhood was my grandfather, a Jewish immigrant from Latvia, who eccentrically copied poems into the backs… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
My parents were not poor, I mean we were a very average middle-class family of academics, but my grandfather happened to have… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
I've always been into dressing nicely. My dad's really into fashion, also. We'll always go out and buy stuff. He has his… — Patrick Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
For my grandfather, there was no distinction. There was no tension between his support for civil rights for black people and his… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
I'm a small town boy from a place not too different from Farmville. I grew up with a corn field in my… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
