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534 Grandfather quotes by 443 unique authors

I'd like to credit my speed to my grandfather. But he was also a quiet player. He didn't talk much. He just went out there… — Chris Davis
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in… — Black Hawk
But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in… — Robert E. Howard
In fact, Darwin's own grandfather anticipated the central tenet of Lamarckism by some seven years: "All animals undergo perpetual transformations; which are in part produced… — Erasmus Darwin
Ultimately all hominids came from Africa, and therefore everyone in America should simply check the box next to 'African-American.' My maternal grandmother was German and… — Michael Shermer
Step by step, a path; stone by stone, a cathedral,' my great-grandfather used to say. — Phil Cousineau
Other than his ex-wife and despite appearances with a series of cultivated blondes, Edward de Bono has never publicly aligned himself with a woman. 'I’m… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke
Thanks to the gods I didn't spend much time while growing up with my grandfather's mistress and preserved the flower of my youth, waiting for… — Marcus Aurelius
My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was… — Elvis Costello
My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to… — Elvis Costello
My grandfather was Bob Shad, one of those legendary jazz and blues producers - he worked with Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington, and he produced… — Judd Apatow
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told… — Indira Gandhi
My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to… — Andy Garcia
My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black. — Henry Louis Gates
You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you… — Henry Louis Gates
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul. — Khalil Gibran
My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes. — Temple Grandin
I want to be able to experience everything. I want to experience being a husband, experience being a father, experience, maybe, hopefully, someday being a… — Bryan Cranston
My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War. — Benedict Cumberbatch
As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right? — Andrew Cuomo
My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. — Billy Ray Cyrus
When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero,… — Gavin DeGraw
It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad… — Mos Def
It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't do this, you… — Novak Djokovic
My grandfather went through a lot in his life. — Novak Djokovic

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