Brother Quote by Jakob Dylan

My father, a former Air India official, but essentially an inventor at heart - a man who loved to sometimes break machines just so…

— Barkha Dutt

My grandfather was a really, really tough no-nonsense factory worker who emigrated from Ireland in about 1900 to Bridgeport, Conn. He had a big…

— Brian Dennehy

One of the great events in my life was my first meeting with Edison. This wonderful man, who had received no scientific training, yet…

— Nikola Tesla

My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three miles out…

— Umberto Eco

Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Albert Camus, Graham Greene - they influenced my life to a profound extent.

— Paul Theroux

My father was an electrical engineer. He's presently 92 and still could be holding down a job. He had a very analytical way of…

— Vera Rubin

I think what shaped me was I had two parents who were scientists, and especially, they were great readers. They had both grown up…

— Andrew Sean Greer

Working in a museum has given me a connection to people - to the rest of humanity - that I never had before.

— Lucy Worsley

I worked with people I admire; Josh Lucas, who I'd worked with many many years ago on a pilot called The Class of 61…

— Andre Braugher

There were authors I read as an adult who completely inspired me. But when I was a teenager, I got to hang out with…

— Nick Hornby

My father, obviously, and my mother were inspirations. My uncle, Frank Harper, he was an absolute mentor for me.

— Hill Harper

I'm fascinated by people in their eighties and nineties. Especially those who are still creating and living in an interesting way. I am fascinated…

— Anonymous