Big Quote by David Means

I've written about Powers Hapgood. He was a Harvard graduate, son of a wealthy family who owned a cannery out there. After leaving Harvard,…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton…

— Frances Mayes

I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his i shing boat at the mouth of…

— Karl Marlantes

I grew up in Minnesota.

— Anonymous

After he retired, Dad worked at my uncle's boat company, a camp for kids, and eventually became County Commissioner for a term. He is…

— Rick Tumlinson

I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.

— Orville Redenbacher

My dad's a teacher and a football coach, and he found a job in New Jersey.

— Sadie Sink

My grandfather was a very successful businessman. He started off as an engineer, but moved to sales to management to executive over a long…

— Hank Green

My father grew up in Levittown, L.I., in the first tract housing built for G.I.'s. His dad had stormed the beaches of Omaha and…

— Bert Kreischer

My wife Jennifer's family is all from there. Jennifer grew up there, so we have personal ties forever - her mom, dad, her brother,…

— Peter Buffett

Back in 1995, I quit my job and joined AmeriCorps at the Hill House in Pittsburgh's legendary Hill District.

— John Fetterman

My dad was Quaker and a businessman.

— Eva Marie Saint