As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right? — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
My dad graduated seminary there, and so did (sounds like) Mark Kimball's grandfather. They sang in a quartet together, my dad and… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a Methodist preacher, and my father was an unsuccessful businessman. We didn't have status or wealth. — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
I feel very blessed to have a partner in life who supports me, who is enthusiastic about what I want to do,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Grandfather kicked the stop pedal, and my face gave a high-five to the front window. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I have been on the cover of Time magazine. My father was on the cover of Time, and my grandfather was on… — Gore Vidal 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
It was all because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealinggreat-great-grandfather! — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
It had been a good day, all things considered. I had managed rather well on my own. I opened Grandfather's Bible. This… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I was taught to read by my grandmother. Central to her method was a tale of unnatural love called 'The Duck and… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
In a strange way, becoming a grandfather is like starting your life over. — Kenny Wallace Copy Share Image
That's all my grandfather was guilty of, fear, faith in his words, but that was a high crime in her eyes. That's… — Kaye Gibbons Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a healer, and he used matches often. Once, he burnt a wart off my finger and then rubbed the… — Shea Hembrey Copy Share Image
You only had to choose which me to talk to, for, you know, we all change our manners, depending on who has… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
The wedding ring on my left hand was bought by my grandfather, Samuel Miliband, in Brussels in 1920. I never knew him,… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
I first heard the banjo on the Beverly Hillbillies, and from then on I was banjo-conscious. But I didn't actually get one… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
Jeronimo, my grandfather, swine-herder and story-teller, feeling death about to arrive and take him, went and said goodbye to the trees in… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people. — Dylan Lauren Copy Share Image
I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I grew up knowing my grandfather had served our country for decades in the Navy, buried in his whites in Arlington; I… — Brooke Baldwin Copy Share Image
Our grandfathers were less well-housed, well-fed, well-clothed than we are. The strivings by which they bettered their lot are also those which… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a… — David Hyde Pierce Copy Share Image
A peculiarity of the American historical sensibility allows us to be proud of great-grandfathers (or even grandfathers) who lived in crushing poverty,… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
