I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of stomach cancer. I decided that nobody should suffer that much. — Gertrude B. Elion Copy Share Image
I was convinced that death was stalking my family, because my grandfather died a couple of days after my dad nearly drowned. — Rebecca Front Copy Share Image
My dad died, and my grandfather died, and my great-grandfather died. And the guy before him, I don't know. Probably died. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
Smoking-related heart disease runs in my family. My grandfather and great-grandfather died in their early 40s. — Chloe Madeley Copy Share Image
My grandfather died before I started making films, but I definitely learnt this from him: believe in your own judgment and stick… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
“My grandmother was married for fifty-two years, until my grandfather died. She used to say that a bad marriage was one that… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Born to a tribal Bedouin family of nomadic desert shepherds in the region of Tripoli, Gaddafi was profoundly anti-colonialist. It is affirmed… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
When my grandfather died, I was on tour, and I didn't go to the funeral. I never got to say goodbye, and… — Dolores O'Riordan 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
I told them that my grandfather had died in the Great Crash of 1929 - a stockbroker jumped out of a window… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
My grandfather died when I was 14, and he was in Bergen-Belsen and Dachau. So be grateful for your life because nothing… — Scooter Braun Copy Share Image
You know, when my grandfather died, we were told that his estate was worth about $30 million. And it turns out it… — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
After my grandfather died I went down to the basement of my family house where my family kept books, anthologies and things… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
This is our problem, our dilemma, yes? We cannot celebrate and declare ourselves to belong to the victorious nations because our brothers… — Manfred Rommel Copy Share Image
“On our particular mission, senior marines met with local school officials while the rest of us provided security or hung out with… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“I put my back against the wall. I slide down to the floor. I imagine Ryan sitting next to me. I imagine… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
“The boy went back to his family there, in the distance, in a distance he did not find there in the distance.… — Mahmoud Darwish 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
My grandfather died in the war, my family went through the war, and it affected my parents in really profound ways. I've… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 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
Just because someone's dead doesn't mean it's over. My grandfather died more than 25 years ago, but I still think of him… — Julian Clary Copy Share Image
I never saw my grandfather because he had died before I was born, but I have good memories of my grandmother and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father passed from cancer in 2000; his brother died of cancer before that. My grandfather died of cancer. — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
I didn't know my grandparents. They were - my grandfather - my maternal grandfather died when I was five. I have very… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
You have to understand that I'm a child of the second generation, which means my mother was in Auschwitz, and the aunt… — Chantal Akerman Copy Share Image
I wrote "Miner's Prayer" after [grandfather] died. I'd gone back to his funeral, and he died in 1979. And I came back… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
My nana was always a widow as long as I was alive; my grandfather died before I was born. All the women… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
My parents were practicing Jews. My mother grew up in an orthodox synagogue, and after my grandfather died, she went to a… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
When I was 15, I begged my grandfather to give me this guitar he'd always had in the back of his closet.… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
“When I was a boy my grandfather died, and he was a sculptor. He was also a very kind man who had… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
![“This is our problem, our dilemma, yes? We cannot celebrate and declare ourselves to belong to the victorious nations because our brothers and our fathers and grandfathers died in this battle [in Normandy], yes. I understand that the Americans and the British and French celebrate one of the…” quote by Manfred Rommel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2fe/manfred-rommel-39046_battle_this-is-our-problem-our-dilemma-yes-we-c_97284.jpg)
![“I wrote "Miner's Prayer" after [grandfather] died. I'd gone back to his funeral, and he died in 1979. And I came back to California, and I think a couple of weeks after that funeral wrote that song thinking about him, his life.” quote by Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7d3/dwight-yoakam-9632_california_i-wrote-miner-s-prayer-after-grandfather_2249586.jpg)
