My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out. — Leigh Steinberg Copy Share Image
Bernard Vonnegut, named for his paternal grandfather, was born August 29, 1914. He was a serious-looking little boy, even in informal photographs. — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
I belong to a strong Congress family. Right from my grandfather, my family has been supporting the Congress. — Suresh Gopi Copy Share Image
My grandfather is from Burma and while the tanned skin and Cleopatra eyes skipped my genetic make-up, I inherited the full hairy… — Stacey Solomon Copy Share Image
I don't feel any pressure to live up to the legacy of my grandfather; if I did, I'd be mad. I'm as… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
My father signed me up for football training when I was only four and my grandfather also used to take me. — Fred Copy Share Image
Broad-streeted Richmond . . . The trees in the streets are old trees used to living with people, Family trees that remember your grandfather's name. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
I go back to Africa every year. I have a home there. You know, my grandfather lives back there in Cameroon. — Joakim Noah Copy Share Image
My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them. The king… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
My grandfather was very into horse racing, and I found some of his old journals and got into it from there. It… — Bode Miller Copy Share Image
My paternal grandfather worked in the mill all his life. My father worked in the mill almost his whole life. I worked… — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
My grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
In high school I was leafing through an anthology that our teachers had given up and I found a poem, I go,… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I give my grandfather, Dr Harold Young, a forestry Professor at the University of Maine, full credit for my career path. He… — Sarah Parcak 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 grandfather had asked me many times whether I'd like to come to South Carolina with him. He wanted to introduce me… — John Edgar Wideman 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
Thus, it comes to pass, that a certain room in a certain old hall, where a certain bad lord, baronet, knight, or… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“For many years I kept grandfather’s church calendar with his notes written inside it. The words “Saved from calamity by these benefactors”… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
“I don't want you to be lonely," Cedar couldn't help saying. "Or hungry! You two always forget to go shopping till the… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
The gateway to freedom...was somewhere close to New Orleans where most Africans were sorted through and sold. I had driven through New… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
“Doom. Doom. You sound like a funeral bell tolling,' said Grandfather. 'Talk like that is worse than swearing. I won't wash out… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I was always a person on my mother's hip in the kitchen. My mom really wanted her kids at her side as… — Rachael Ray Copy Share Image
“In that distant beginning season, Sun Man's warm magic flowed over all the land. Whenever he raised his arms, it was day.… — Carolyn McVickar Edwards Copy Share Image
My songs are my babies and I am protective about them, especially 'Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon' since I dedicated it to… — Amaal Mallik Copy Share Image
I'll never be able to fill my father's or grandfather's shoes, but hopefully I can stand on their shoulders and reach farther. — Philippe Cousteau, Jr 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
My grandfather was a commander in the Navy. He was very proud of his service, and he lived his entire life as… — Dean Cain Copy Share Image
“Hiroko's grandfather nodded gravely. “Every family has something about it, doesn’t it?” he said.” — Hiromi Kawakami Copy Share Image
My grandfather, mother and father were gifted verbally, and my mother passed that along to me. She always made sure I was… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I don't want to know who my grandfather was, I'm much more concern to know who his grandson will be — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
I never truly got to know my grandfather before he passed away, but he inspires me to search more deeply to understand… — Ethan Peck Copy Share Image
My mother died just long enough to name me - Tom after my father, Marvolo after my Grandfather. — Tom Riddle 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 father is a great grandfather. He's a wonderful grandfather, but he's a terrible husband. — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
I hail from a family of musicians for the last 18 generations. My grandfather was a classical singer; his father was a… — Jeet Gannguli Copy Share Image
My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter. — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a direct descendent of Guru Nanak, which my father also carried forth. — Pooja Bedi Copy Share Image
“I’m riding beside my best friend, and I tell him, in the same offhand tone my mother had used, That’s my grandfather’s… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image