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Our grandfathers were less well-housed, well-fed, well-clothed than we are. The strivings by which they bettered their lot are also those which deprived us of… — Aldo Leopold
There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew, Who had so many things which he wanted to do That, whenever he thought it was… — A A Milne
My dog, Ginger, is jumpy-like me-sensitive to sound and sudden movement. She wasn't that way at first, but not long after we got her, my… — Mira Bartok
I am ever mindful of the legacy of my grandfather, the founder of this Kingdom, who had said to me that he perceived his life… — King Hussein I
When the chips are down, grandmothers can be counted on to do whatever's necessary. When the chips are down for grandfathers, we just go into… — Unknown Author
My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. — Dave Van Ronk
The whole town laughed at my great-grandfather, just because he worked hard and saved his money. True, working at the hardware store didn't pay much,… — Jack Handey
I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of stomach cancer. I decided that nobody should suffer that much. — Gertrude B. Elion
The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average Frenchman who, as… — Mark Twain
Jeronimo, my grandfather, swine-herder and story-teller, feeling death about to arrive and take him, went and said goodbye to the trees in the yard, one… — Jose Saramago
My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it — Dan Fogelberg
My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic. — Georgina Chapman
The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was… — Bernard Williams
My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change… — Erik Estrada
In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers. — Tea Obreht
My grandfather and I were very close. — Tea Obreht
I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man. — Illeana Douglas
What our generation failed to learn was the nobility of work. An honest day's labor. The worthiness of the man in the white socks who… — Charlie LeDuff
The wedding ring on my left hand was bought by my grandfather, Samuel Miliband, in Brussels in 1920. I never knew him, as he died… — David Miliband
I never want to abandon my bike. I see my grandfather, now in his seventies and riding around everywhere. To me that is beautiful. And… — Stephen Roche
I have family in Ponce. It's a shame that my grandfather passed and I wasn't able to be there with him. — Lloyd Banks
Cavendish was a great Man with extraordinary singularities-His voice was squeaking his manner nervous He was afraid of strangers & seemed when embarrassed to articulate… — Humphry Davy
Yet my great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way and rowing another: and I got most of my estate by the same occupation. — John Bunyan
Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens.... My grandfather would say we're part of something incredibly wonderful - more marvelous than we imagine. My grandfather… — Robert Fulghum
There are flying grandfathers. But I intend to be an orbiting grandfather. — Wernher von Braun

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