“... I want most of all for you to forgive Grandfather. I want you to forgive Grandfather so I can grow up… — Patricia MacLachlan 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
Playing with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally. — Creed Bratton Copy Share Image
I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
Each Fall the graves of my grandfathers call me, the brown hills and red gullies of mississippi send out their electric messages,… — Etheridge Knight Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot. — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
My real name is Alfonso. My grandfather and dad are also Alfonso, so I was the third. So my mom just gave… — Trey Burke 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
As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
In fact, Darwin's own grandfather anticipated the central tenet of Lamarckism by some seven years: "All animals undergo perpetual transformations; which are… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
“Odysseus had twenty years to shed his battle skin. My grandfather left the battlefield in France and rode home in a ship… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I bring a copy of 'Dracula' with me wherever I go, the book. It's my favorite book in the world, it's absolutely… — Jack Reynor Copy Share Image
I remember my grandmother, Maria Roslyn, very well because she used to visit us in Wales when I was growing up. She… — Colin Jackson Copy Share Image
When I started with Ramesh Sippy's 'Buniyaad' in 1985, I was in my mid-20s and within a year, I was elevated from… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
My grandfather was extremely dark and from Puerto Rico, but his brother had blond hair and blue eyes. There are so many… — La La Anthony Copy Share Image
“was a trust fund from his grandfather, but Robyn hadn’t known that. And he hadn’t known or realized his money had been… — Christie Craig Copy Share Image
“My beloved grandson, I thank the gods for the joy of seeing your face again before I die. I wish with all… — Esther M. Friesner Copy Share Image
It's pretentious to say, but my art is like a little Zen story, a story with a question mark at the end.… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
Now I am in the place I call this wide wide Heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
Girls like her, my grandfather once warned me, girls like her turn into women with eyes like bullet holes and mouths made… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“More than any other of my siblings or relatives, the bond that developed between my maternal grandfather and I, from the day… — VD Copy Share Image
“Finally, he smiled, and although his smile was bumpy because some of his teeth were jagged and broken, it was a warming,… — Helen Oyeyemi 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
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
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
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“My grandfather was hurt but none of us could get inside of him not the doctor not pictures not his sister or… — Michael Kimball Copy Share Image
My great-great-grandfather, who made his money in the jute trade, had at one time 600 houses in London, and within three generations,… — Saul David Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a builder. So as a kid I hung out with him on building sites during the school holidays -… — George Clarke Copy Share Image
My grandfather had a wonderful funeral... On the buffet table there was a replica of the deceased in potato salad. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
My father and grandfather were businessmen. The family business was Adelphi Paints in New Jersey. When the first energy crisis came in… — David Einhorn Copy Share Image
We would go down to Riverside, California, which is very poor now, but that's where my grandfather grew up. He grew up… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
It's funny, if you've ever met my grandfather, he's probably one of the most even-keeled men you'll ever meet. — Sean McVay Copy Share Image
My dad graduated seminary there, and so did (sounds like) Mark Kimball's grandfather. They sang in a quartet together, my dad and… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
“Yeah, but what if you went back and killed your own grandfather?" He stared at me, baffled. "Why the fuck would you… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Fortunately for me, my grandfather gave us a life I could never dream of. He was my high school football coach, my… — Jason Witten Copy Share Image
'Dad, how does it feel having the best son in the world?' I don't know, ask your grandfather... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people. — Dylan Lauren Copy Share Image
I use the phrase 'sibling society' to suggest a culture fundamentally without fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, or ancestors. The thinking is horizontal. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
“Ron Popeil is the grandfather of them all, and his stock phrase was “But wait, there’s more…” — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
