374 Grandfather Quotes for You to Enjoy

George Bush is by American standards rabidly Upper Class - Eastern, Socially Attractive, WASP, 19th-century money, several generations of Andover and Yale (and, while we're at it, his father, George H. W. 'Poppy' Bush, was a former president and his grandfather was the Nazis' U.S. banker in the 1930s). Peter York

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I have Scottish genes: my grandfather was Scottish. My father was a voracious drinker. So, drinking came naturally to me. Pooja Bhatt

Me Father Drinking Drinker Voracious Genes Came Scottish Grandfather Naturally

For a southern belle, my grandmother was remarkably modern. She threw my grandfather out, for one thing - some kind of argument about bourbon whiskey - shortly after the birth of their third child, and then went back to school to get herself a teaching certificate. Preston Sturges

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I love blues. My grandfather did blues. R. Kelly

Love Did Blues Grandfather

I grew up with a marine grandfather. I was never allowed to say 'can't' or 'no', and I was never allowed to back down. RJ Mitte

Down Back Say Never Allowed Up Grew Grandfather Marine

I've loved musical theater ever since I was a kid. My mother's a pianist, and my grandfather was an amateur theater director and stand-up comic. And I was an only child. And I loved attention. So from an early age, my family was teaching old musical songs. Rachel Bloom

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When my Mexican-born grandfather, Rafael, immigrated to work in the mines of the American Southwest, where he eventually settled with his young bride to raise 15 kids, he did it to give his children a better life. Rachel Campos-Duffy

My maternal grandfather was born in Yorkshire in England but was contracted to work for a company who had a base in Colombia. So they moved across to Santa Martre, and they liked it very much. It was a sunny place with beaches and a seafront, so they never went back to England and preferred to stay in Colombia. Radamel Falcao

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It took me six years to get close to Picasso. I learnt a lot from him, and he was an absolute genius. He almost became my grandfather at the time. It was like he was a magician or something. Rene Burri

I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music. Renee Fleming

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As an entrepreneur, I have been known for taking risks throughout my career, but leaving the European Union is not one of the risks I would want the U.K. to take - not as an investor, not as a father, and not as a grandfather. I am deeply concerned about the impact of leaving. Richard Branson

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My father Ted fought in North Africa, Italy, and Germany during World War II. My grandfather survived the horrors of the trenches in World War I. I truly believe that one of the E.U.'s greatest achievements is that it has kept its members out of conflict in Europe. Richard Branson

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I'm a grandfather now. Robert Plant

Grandfather Now

My grandfather wanted to remind us that freedom of expression is the fundamental ingredient for democracy, and all the rest is detail. It is the scaffolding around which every other freedom is based. Robert Rinder

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The Bible that I will take my oath on reminds me of the 100th anniversary of the end of the war to end all wars. It was a Bible taken into battle by my wife's grandfather who had probably never ventured beyond three or four counties in North and South Carolina. Robert Wilkie

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I was getting worried I may not become a grandfather, but the Lord has blessed me. Rod Stewart

Me Blessed Become Worried Lord Getting May Grandfather

You know, I'm a father. I'm a brother. I'm a son. And I'm a grandfather. So many times I have to be the intermediary, the person to referee and help solve disputes and to protect and to guide. Ruben Santiago-Hudson

You Son Father Guide Solve Brother Know Protect Referee Times Person Grandfather Intermediary Help Many Disputes

My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just started naturally imitating whoever I was talking to. I didn't want to be a phony, but I felt very authentic in the moment. Sarah Jones

I give my grandfather, Dr Harold Young, a forestry Professor at the University of Maine, full credit for my career path. He pioneered the use of aerial photography in forestry in the 1950s, and we think he worked as a spy for the CIA during the Cold War, mapping Russian installations. Sarah Parcak

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I've always loved teaching and reading and talking to people, and my grandfather was a professor. Sarah Parcak

People Reading Talking Always Loved Grandfather Teaching Professor

My grandfather died when I was 14, and he was in Bergen-Belsen and Dachau. So be grateful for your life because nothing is guaranteed. Everything could literally be taken away from you tomorrow. Scooter Braun

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All my life, I've wanted to write a book inspired by my relationship with my grandfather. Basically, my grandfather was a guy who everybody in the family regarded as disagreeable at best. But I loved him intensely. He was wonderful to me. Scott Turow

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