Brooklyn Quote by Dave Van Ronk

I think everyone's had a brother or a father or a cousin, uncle or grandfather who's had health issues because they've neglected things. I…

— James Magnussen

I hope for the experience of people standing together, turning their backs to the city and facing this, and hearing the leaves rustle. Well,…

— Michael Arad

I went over to the Charlestown Navy Yard yesterday and saw some big men of war, one over 100 guns.

— Anonymous

My paternal grandfather worked in the mill all his life. My father worked in the mill almost his whole life. I worked in the…

— Ed O'Neill

My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the…

— Camille Paglia

My grandfather worked with charities his whole entire life, and we grew up living with him. He always told me about the other side…

— Ali Lohan

A writer represents his family history. My grandfather was a senator and my father served in the Roosevelt administration. In other words, I grew…

— Gore Vidal

Today is my grandfather's birthday." "How old is he?" "Sixty-three. It's hard to believe he was once a human being.

— Charles M. Schulz

All the stories of the Bible that I know came to me first from my grandfather's lips... He would see stories in everything. He…

— Philip Pullman

My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you…

— Clarence Thomas

You start Saul, and end up Paul,' my grandfather had often said. 'When you're a youngun, you Saul, but let life whup your head…

— Anonymous

When we lived in a society where we had large families that lived together, especially in agricultural societies like my grandfather and father grew…

— Atul Gawande