My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
My grandfather John came from Cork. I have six degrees of separation in Ireland. — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. — Abraham Lincoln 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
I have Scottish genes: my grandfather was Scottish. My father was a voracious drinker. So, drinking came naturally to me. — Pooja Bhatt Copy Share Image
My mum's family are from Blaenau Ffestiniog, the slate town. My grandfather was Elis Humphreys Roberts, so that's quite Welsh isn't it? — Simon Fowler Copy Share Image
I have a collection of track pants that is very special to me, and it really runs the gamut from high-end to… — Greta Lee Copy Share Image
Although raised on the farm - my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer - my father and his brother both… — Philip Warren Anderson Copy Share Image
I'm actually named Matthew William Kearney: my middle name is named after my grandfather. — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
My grandfather, who's still alive, has always been involved in art, antiques, and things like that. I think I learned so much… — Jonathan Anderson Copy Share Image
“Do not wish your life away, " Grandfather would tell her. "None of us know the number of days we are allotted.… — Tracie Peterson Copy Share Image
My grandfather on my dad's side was the first in our family to settle in the U.K. He came from Pakistan on… — Amir Khan Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a ship's cook, and he came back from the Far East very often with strange little toys. One of… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image
For me this was never a money issue, it was about being rich in your heart. To come home, and to be… — Baron Davis Copy Share Image
My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
In Bavaria, many homes have a cosy room which is all wood and is filled with special things. My grandfather had such… — Juergen Teller Copy Share Image
I was named after my Jewish grandfather who left Poland early in the 20th century. What I knew from an early age… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
All the kids - well, I don't know about the girls in the family, but all the boys - worked in my… — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
"So we'd get in a horse and buggy and we would go and park under a tree and we'd read poetry to… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“A Native American grandfather was speaking to his grandson about violence and cruelty in the world and how it comes about. He… — Pema Chödrön 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
As they were leading me up, I looked up and around the galleries and I could feel the whole Aboriginal race, of… — Neville Bonner Copy Share Image
“From the day I was born, more than any other of my siblings, the bond that developed between my maternal grandfather and… — VD Copy Share Image
To travel only a few blocks in his own homeland, an elderly grandfather waits to beg for the whim of a teenage… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other… — Ruskin Bond 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
In a strange way, becoming a grandfather is like starting your life over. — Kenny Wallace Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a movie producer, and so I grew up on movie sets. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
My grandfather criticized me thousands of times, and he gave me a compliment once. — Louis Garrel Copy Share Image
My great grandfather was the last practicing Jew in my family. He died in 1982. — David Berman Copy Share Image
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