374 Grandfather Quotes for You to Enjoy

My ancestry is really weird, because my great grandfather was from the Cayman Islands, and then his father was from England. But I lose track at that point. Carlos Mencia

Great Father Lose Ancestry Point Weird Track Great-Grandfather Because Islands His Grandfather Then Really England

I love the entertainment business. I have a lot of friends in it, but it wasn't my passion. The sports business is what I am passionate about. I also wanted to define myself through something that wasn't linked to my grandfather. Casey Wasserman

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All the lessons I learned from my grandfather from the day I was born until the day he passed away served me well, and I think about them and use them every day. It was much more valuable than any business school could have provided. Casey Wasserman

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My grandfather was a movie producer, and so I grew up on movie sets. Cassandra Clare

Sets Up Movie Grew Grandfather Producer

My grandfather was born in Mexico. And when he was a young man, he crossed the Rio Grande. After that, he served in our military and became a U.S. citizen. He ended up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and that's where my father was born. That was the beginning of my Mexican-American family, where they settled in Las Vegas in the early 1940s. Catherine Cortez-Masto

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My grandfather was a pawnbroker, and when I was in first or second grade, my parents opened their own store. I probably learned to count by putting pawn tickets in numerical order in the back room of the shop. Charles Bock

Parents First Own Back Count Putting Opened Tickets Learned Grade Shop Order Store Room Grandfather Pawn Second Numerical

My grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they ought to have been sung in the congregation. In that volume, he promised a second if the first should prove acceptable. We forgive him the first collection because he did not inflict another. Charles Spurgeon

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I was about 12 when I first encountered 'The Moonstone' - or a Classics Illustrated version of it - digging through an old trunk in my grandfather's house on a rainy Bengali afternoon. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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As I remember my grandfather and those Christmas mornings he gave for a little girl's pleasure, I know that often a big life starts with doing small things. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Life Christmas Small Things Remember Girl Big Starts Gave Pleasure Those Small Mornings He Know Doing Often Little Grandfather Things

The worst day ever was when I found out my grandfather was going to die. Chris Hardwick

Day Worst Out Die Going Grandfather Found Ever

I don't think there's anything less attractive than a man over-dyeing things on his face, so I'm going to try, for as long as I can, to age as my male forefathers before me. My father started getting grays when he was in his 30s, as did my grandfather before him, so I don't want to look perpetually young. Chris Pine

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I used to hang out with grandfather all the time because he used to pick me up from school sometimes, or drive me to my mother's, so I'd be with my grandfather a lot. I used to watch him write his sermons. Chris Rock

I like to fish. I collect pocketknives. I inherited a nice collection from my father and grandfather. Chris Stapleton

Father Nice Collect Collection Like Fish Grandfather Inherited

My family is very creative. My grandfather played the guitar in Cuba. My sisters, my mom and two aunts would do harmonies, so I would see them and think, 'I want the attention.' Chrissie Fit

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My grandfather left Cuba when Castro came into power and literally left everything. He had two suitcases and two kids and showed up in New Jersey and waited for my uncle to meet up with him. Imagine - there were no cell phones back then! Chrissie Fit

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My mother was born in a refugee camp in Germany before the family immigrated to western Canada. They were able to get visas thanks to my grandfather's older sister, who had immigrated between the wars. Chrystia Freeland

As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had reluctantly agreed to sit in. He is a proud man who also knows that his knees aren't what they once were - that years of high school and college football had long accelerated the deterioration of his aging joints. Clint Smith

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I have family that are vets of the military. My grandfather served as well. Corey Hawkins

Family Military Well Grandfather Served

My grandfather served as a gunner aboard the U.S.S. Alabama in the Pacific theater during WWII. Dana Loesch

WWII Pacific Theater Grandfather Alabama Served

My grandfather read the 'John Carter of Mars' books to me when I was young. Daryl Sabara

Me Young Books Carter John Mars Read Grandfather

My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Dave Van Ronk

Uncle Brooklyn Both Yard Grandfather Worked Navy

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