Cio Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

I've got deep roots in Kalamazoo, with a grandfather, Harold Allen, who was a big part of Upjohn Co. for many years as the…

— David Means

When I was really young, Dad wasn't that well known. I don't remember when I realised he was a writer, but I do remember…

— Rhianna Pratchett

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 was an electrical engineer who worked at Westinghouse in Pittsburgh. When I was growing up, my mother wrote humor columns for the…

— Jason Kilar

My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.

— Edward Tufte

I met Mr. Hoover socially. I never talked to him about anything connected with his work. We just met him.

— John Sherman Cooper

My father was an important person, the director of the school. He could talk to anybody - simple or educated. He liked chess, fishing,…

— Svetlana Alexievich

My father was an investment banker, a stock broker.

— Marc Randolph

Bill Heseltine had been at university with me, at the University of Western Australia. I knew him well.

— Bob Hawke

I worked with Dalton Trumbo, who served time for refusing to give up names of people that were accused of being Communists. I've always…

— Anthony Geary

I went to high school in Columbia. I met my first wife, Richards, whom I married while I was working on a B.S. in…

— Kary Mullis

I was a Ph.D. student at a very reputable university, I was a Harvard research associate at one of the world's premier leadership institutions.

— Paula Broadwell