My grandfather invented the cold air balloon... But it never really took off. — Milton Jones Copy Share Image
My grandfather... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right. — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
One of the saddest sentences I know is "I wish I had asked my mother about that." Or my father. Or my… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Saying that I am talking out of both sides of my mouth just proves my very point. Politicians would bypass real social… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
My grandfather used to say to me when I was a boy, "Getting knocked down is no big prize - it's getting… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a… — David Hyde Pierce Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone… — Jessie Ware 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
The family believes that my grandfather, Mark Felt Sr., is a great American hero who went well above and beyond the call… — Mark Felt 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
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
When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius the… — Steven Saylor Copy Share Image
I know my grandfather drank occasionally socially, what we call "taking a sip." And my father never touched the bottle. He condemned… — David C. Driskell Copy Share Image
I was taught to read by my grandmother. Central to her method was a tale of unnatural love called 'The Duck and… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
My grandparents were classic Indian grandparents. My grandmother would put so much powder on her face that it was like a Kabuki… — M. Night Shyamalan 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
When the music stopped, it could have been forever since we'd begun. My grandfather took a step back, and the light grew… — Alice Sebold 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
In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no… — Tammy Baldwin Copy Share Image
I take the subway four times a day, or close to it. I just love the subway! My grandfather worked as an… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
[My grandfather] was very, very fortunate that he was never trapped in a mining cave-in. But he lost his brother in a… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I don't know any smokers… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a small-town doctor and he used to say that I was missing a gene that told me that some… — Paul Budnitz Copy Share Image
My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
If I sat back and decided to sell the product of my father and my grandfather's work, like a leech, you know… — James Packer Copy Share Image
Thanks to the gods I didn't spend much time while growing up with my grandfather's mistress and preserved the flower of my… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life. So I grew up having a… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens… My grandfather would say we're part of something incredibly wonderful - more marvelous than we… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
My grandfather did not travel across 4,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this country overrun by immigrants. He did it… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
My grandfather was one of the most amazing Baptist ministers in history, he was unbelievable. He was one of the most amazing… — Josh Henderson Copy Share Image
I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
Mother had to support herself at age 18 because it was during the depression and when my grandfather lost the farm and… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished… — Karrine Steffans Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
I have a ranch in Montana, but it's not a real working ranch. I've always liked the outdoors. I come from Texas.… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
I'm pretty blessed when it comes to clear skin. I owe that to being Cape Verdian. My whole family has great skin.… — Amber Rose Copy Share Image
![“[My grandfather] was very, very fortunate that he was never trapped in a mining cave-in. But he lost his brother in a mining disaster on a shift that he wasn't working. And he was in a collapse where his brother-in-law was killed very near him in the same section.” quote by Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/63c/dwight-yoakam-9632_brother_my-grandfather-was-very-very-fortunate-t_733159.jpg)
