“I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come… — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
Charlie Crist has gone through his entire political life with one stump speech - his grandfather polishing shoes. — Ana Navarro Copy Share Image
My grandfather had a paint store. It's what put my mom through college. Small business is part of my family history. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
My grandfather was an American Communist, and he married my grandmother, who was a Russian Communist. During the 1950s, the McCarthy era,… — Bill Browder Copy Share Image
“Jack turned red,"I kinda let a princess die." His grandfather groaned. "You do realize that's not a good thing to do, right?"… — James Riley Copy Share Image
My grandfather is a musician, my son is a musician and a singer. My mother played the piano too. — Zico Copy Share Image
When you're all singing together, it brings things together. I know the songs that my grandfather and my father sang. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You know I won’t take a chance with your lives…” Ethan replied. “You’re the future of the Fortner family.” He smiled and… — C.G. Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Ethan extended his hand. "Mr. Merit. Thank you for your help." My grandfather shook his hand, but he also shook his head.… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
The house kept its own time, like the old-fashioned grandfather clock in the living room. People who happened by raised the weights,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This is something I really know about. Even… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
Grandfather says that when your friends die you must not cry. You must not hurt anybody or do harm to anyone. You… — Wovoka Copy Share Image
“ Son, I know you don’t consider me family and that pain I’ll take to my grave. Let me just tell you… — M.K. Schiller Copy Share Image
I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“Suddenly the memory of his wife came back to him and, no doubt feeling it would be too complicated to try to… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young, act… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
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
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
You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
“See what I mean? I think it’s a generational thing.” She turned to him, and a faint smile played at the corners… — Katie Graykowski Copy Share Image
“How can school help you with the land?" he asked. An old grandfather leaned out of the shadows to make answer. "Learning… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a member of Parliament for 40 years. Obviously we're talking here South Africa, a whites only parliament. I grew… — William Kentridge Copy Share Image
I always looked up to my grandfather. He wore Italian zip-up CAT boots, and he had a moustache which he waxed into… — Brandon Boyd Copy Share Image
“I think they worried that my grandfather would infect me with some incurable dreaminess from which I'd never recover.” — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour! — Anne Baxter Copy Share Image
Grandfather was well known for being stubborn in his ideas. For instance... you had to go to sleep facing east so that… — Michael Dorris Copy Share Image
I blame my grandfather 100 percent for his oldest son's death. I don't think there's any ambiguity there. — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
Like so many of the young men he grew up with, my grandfather Luis Lujan was proud to answer his nation's call… — Ben Ray Lujan Copy Share Image
When I talk to entrepreneurs today, I feel like the grandfather who was in the Civil War. — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a politician and lived in Washington, D.C., so as a kid, I used to go to D.C. every other… — Alexandra Daddario Copy Share Image
“Once upon a bye, before your grandfather’s grandfather was born, on the edge of an unexplored wilderness called the Endless Forest, there… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
It is really quite amazing that all of the folks supporting privatization, from the president on down, keep invoking the name of… — James Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When I was a little girl, my grandfather, who I was very close to, used to grow yellow roses. He had yellow… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
“And my grandfather... was forever knocked into that middle place, unable to worship a God in whose existence he could not wholly… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a practising Quaker. My father was a nihilist. But nihilism, if you like, is the beginning of faith anyway. — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
