Having still in my recollection so many excellent men, to whose grandfathers, upon the same spots, my grandfather had yielded cheerful obedience… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
I was brought up largely by my grandfather because my father only returned from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1947 and worked in… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
Both my parents' brothers are into active politics and so was my grandfather. — Mimi Chakraborty Copy Share Image
I was born rather late in [my father's] life, in his mid - 40s. And so what he did up until the… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P. — T.I Copy Share Image
I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen. — Robin Tunney Copy Share Image
I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
My father left when I was three, and I have no memory of him. The most significant male figures in my life… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
It's probably worth noting that although I'm ethnically Greek, my grandfather was actually born in Turkey and came through Greece on his… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
My grandparents were classic Indian grandparents. My grandmother would put so much powder on her face that it was like a Kabuki… — M. Night Shyamalan 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
I had no specific bent towards science until my grandfather, who died - that summer - of stomach cancer. ... I decided… — Gertrude B. Elion Copy Share Image
I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth… — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
You might be a redneck if your grandfather completely executes the pull my finger trick at the family reunion. — Jeff Foxworthy Copy Share Image
My brothers and I grew up on stories about our grandfather building one-room schoolhouses and about our grandparents' courtship and their early… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a faith healer and medium, and he always encouraged faith in the unseen. I believe in fortune tellers. — Luke Goss Copy Share Image
I used to help my grandfather on the farm, driving tractors, raising crops and animals. I used to feed some of the… — Tyson Chandler Copy Share Image
You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the… — Albert Finney Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a Tuskegee Airman. He flew with the 100th Fighter Squadron. — Cheo Hodari Coker 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