Community Quote by Suzanne La Follette

The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used…

— S. I. Hayakawa

Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for…

— Yasser Arafat

No, traditions and norms aren't rules in the Constitution. There's a difference between a tradition and a law.

— Rick Santelli

Since, in the best Southern tradition, I was named Edmund Valentine White III, sometimes when people look up my books on Amazon they find…

— Edmund White

In my grandfather's day, there was a different perspective on war and men that went into war; it was such a patriotic act to…

— Ashton Holmes

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

I use the phrase 'sibling society' to suggest a culture fundamentally without fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, or ancestors. The thinking is horizontal.

— Robert Bly

“Badass.'" My grandfather sampled the flavor of the word. It did not seem to revolt him, but it was nothing he needed ever to…

— Michael Chabon

I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice.…

— George Papandreou

“The war that killed my grandfather and great-uncles and thousands of other blacks is only a footnote in our history books.”

— Cristina García

I am ever mindful of the legacy of my grandfather, the founder of this Kingdom, who had said to me that he perceived his…

— King Hussein I

Grandfather / advised me: / Learn a trade / I learned / to sit at desk / and condense / No layoff / from this / condensery.

— Lorine Niedecker