Great-Grandfather Quotes

19 Great-Grandfather quotes by 18 unique authors

My great-grandfather, Sam Aykroyd, was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he was also an Edwardian spiritualist researcher who was very interested in what was… — Dan Aykroyd
Going back to Georgiana Drew and John Drew, and my great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, and it was such a sort of circus of odd, interesting people… — Drew Barrymore
As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California. — Armie Hammer
I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather. — Nik Wallenda
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
My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do. — Nik Wallenda
We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg. — Roy Barnes
My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had… — David Hyde Pierce
If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the comparison. If I… — Dree Hemingway
My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files… — Yusef Komunyakaa
My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream. — Rand Paul
I come from a line of railroad men. My great-grandfather was a surveyor for the Burlington Railroad. — Bill Moseley
You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something… — Tracy Morgan
All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white. — Muhammad Ali
My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named for… — Horton Foote
My own great-grandfather suffered so much from asthma that he had to walk a mile or two behind the covered wagons crossing the plains to… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot. — Alan Garner
My great-great-grandfather lived to age 28, my immigrant great-grandfather Pedro Gotiaoco died at 66, my grandfather was 68, and my father died at 34. — John Gokongwei
My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was… — Tim Murphy

Who Wrote These Great-Grandfather Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 19 Great-Grandfather Quotes as follows: