During my youth, the idea of moving from Lebanon was unthinkable. Then I began to realise I might have to go, like… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
The worst day ever was when I found out my grandfather was going to die. — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
My grandfather was an exceptional entrepreneur and philanthropist who moved from Palestine to Jordan and created an amazing group of companies. In… — Hanan Kattan Copy Share Image
The street is as diverse as any other sector, but in peoples' mind it gets appropriated as a black man who's tough.… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Satyagraha is the pursuit of truth. My grandfather believed that truth should be the cornerstone of everybody's life and that we must… — Arun Manilal Gandhi Copy Share Image
My grandfather... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right. — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
India, to some extent, courses through my blood. My father was brought up there, and my grandfather served there, and so on.… — John Gimlette 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 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
I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy. — Giada De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry… — Joe Lhota 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
The 1970s were the height of social mobility. College was accessible. My grandfather was a poor immigrant who went to a public… — Lauren Greenfield Copy Share Image
My grandmother was the daughter of pioneers, as was my grandfather, and they were farmers. And they worked the land, and there… — Brenda Strong Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
My nation faces a fundamental challenge - survival. The regime is more threatened than ever before. My forefathers had it easy. The… — Kim Jong-un Copy Share Image
We're different men [with Donald Trump], different life experiences. But I've always been struck by our common heritage. His grandfather immigrated to… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Then I found another one, grandpa's poem. It turned out it had been written by Emily Brontë and it wasn't my grandfather's… — Edward Hirsch 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
Growing up after the Second World War in a Jewish family, I really understand that, and have members of my family who… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image