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
Where is the society which does not struggle along under a dead-weight of tradition and law inherited from its grandfather? — Suzanne La Follette Copy Share Image
The world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young, act… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. ‘What,… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, my mother lived in the posh downtown of Homs, Syria. She described my grandfather as a king in… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
My grandfather was Orthodox, and he was religious, but neither of my parents were. Of course, as they got older, it seems… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by books. When I was young, my grandfather used to hand out a book - which would be… — Ashwin Sanghi 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
They were indeed what was known as 'old money', which meant that it had been made so long ago that the black… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I say to myself, if the text was good enough for my father and grandfather, it must be good enough for me.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
i was raped, too sexually assaulted in seventh grade, tenth grade. the summer after graduation, at a party i was 16 i… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a small-town doctor and he used to say that I was missing a gene that told me that some… — Paul Budnitz Copy Share Image
You know, I'm a father. I'm a brother. I'm a son. And I'm a grandfather. So many times I have to be… — Ruben Santiago-Hudson Copy Share Image
My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died… — Clint Eastwood 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
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
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 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
My grandfather John came from Cork. I have six degrees of separation in Ireland. — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was… — Gavin DeGraw Copy Share Image
People can't believe how hard I work.... I love it. I think it just runs through my veins. My great-grandfather was a… — Paris Hilton Copy Share Image