Grandfather Quotes

Most kids just follow the cycle. My grandfather didn't finish high school. My father didn't, and I didn't. But you can break the cycle. You can have a successful marriage and be a good father. Eric D. Thomas
Good You Marriage School Father Kids High Follow High School Finish Most Just Break Grandfather Successful Cycle Good Father
My grandfather was an undocumented immigrant. My great-grandmother, my bisabuela, carried him over the border in her arms. Eric Garcetti
Carried Immigrant Border Over Arms Him Undocumented Grandfather Her
My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform. Eric Liu
War Air Force World Pilot Air Seeing General Pictures Force Him Hearing Up Nationalist Grew Stories Chinese Grandfather Uniform World War World War II
All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes. Erica Jong
Mother Living Too Aunt Grandfather Worked Painted Portraits
My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that. Erik Estrada
Me Change Sold Out He Generosity Couple Him Learned Years Hand Lot Snow Did Taught Grandfather Harlem
My grandmother was a flight attendant; my mother had a pilot's license, and my grandfather was a pilot. That's how my grandmother and grandfather met. Erika Christensen
Mother Pilot Met License Had Attendant How Grandfather Grandmother Flight
I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy. Felicia Day
Family Guy Physicist Always Child Gadget Grandfather Tech Nuclear
Born to a tribal Bedouin family of nomadic desert shepherds in the region of Tripoli, Gaddafi was profoundly anti-colonialist. It is affirmed that his paternal grandfather died fighting against the Italian invaders when Libya was invaded by them in 1911. Fidel Castro
Family Tribal Fighting Libya Born Invaded Nomadic Shepherds His Italian Paternal Died Gaddafi Against Region Them Grandfather Desert Profoundly
I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot. Frances Mayes
Family Down Ran Way Born Cotton Town Felt Spot South Georgia Up Fitzgerald Times Mayor Grew Grandfather Rooted Many Mill Deeply
My mom. My grandma, my grandfather. We have a very strong, strong line of amazing people in the family. Very strong women. Frankie Grande
Mom Family Women People Strong Amazing Strong Women Line Amazing People Very Grandfather Grandma
For generations, people have come to U.S. shores to seek opportunity. It's what my grandfather did a century ago, when he came to Seattle, and worked as a houseboy just one mile from the Washington State governor's mansion that I was privileged to inhabit for eight years. Gary Locke
People Opportunity State Seek He Generations Come Came Years Governor Privileged Did Shores Just Eight Just One Century Grandfather Worked Inhabit Mansion Mile Washington Washington State Seattle
My dad's a bodybuilder. My whole life I've been taught to train the hard way. I believe in earning strength, not buying it. My grandfather raised me old school: In baseball, you work for whatever you get. Gary Sheffield
Life Work Strength Me You School Old Whatever Believe Earning Way Been Train Get Taught Grandfather Old School Hard Whole Hard Way Dad Baseball Buying Raised
I come from a wrestling background - my father and grandfather were into wrestling. Geeta Phogat
Father Background Wrestling Come Were Grandfather
My Swedish grandmother was the daughter of a dairy farmer who lived near Hedemora. My Swedish grandfather worked as a clerk for the Swedish railways in the Stockholm station. George Akerlof
Daughter Dairy Station Clerk Stockholm Grandfather Worked Grandmother Swedish Farmer Who Lived Near Railways
My grandfather was the architect behind NAFTA, and that has created so much economic opportunity, not only in our country, but in Latin America. George P. Bush
Opportunity Country Our Latin Latin America Architect Only Economic Economic Opportunity NAFTA America Behind Grandfather Much Created
I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of cancer. I decided nobody should suffer that much. Gertrude B. Elion
Science Cancer Bent Had Toward Nobody Until Died Decided Grandfather Much Should Suffer Specific
I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy. Giada De Laurentiis
Mother Kitchen Mostly Aunt Up Grew Grandfather
My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food. Giada De Laurentiis
Love Food Me Creativity Simplicity Mother New Things Gave Find Inspiration Inspires New Aunt Flavors Grandfather Create Cook Things
I spent time at my grandfather Dino's gourmet store where he brought in chefs from Naples to cook. I thought of them as rock stars. Giada De Laurentiis
Time Thought Stars Spent Brought He Naples Chefs Rock Gourmet Rock Stars Where Store Them Grandfather Cook
My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. And now it's kind of become a way of life for me. Giovanni Ribisi
Life Me Mother Father Become Guess Saw Way At Least One Kind One Or Two Week Least Were Off Begging Just Movies Grandfather Film Now Actor Her Four Two
I don't mind playing even a grandfather provided the role is good. Govinda
Good Mind Provided Role Grandfather Even Playing
My grandfather was the minister at the Lutheran church. My dad owned a car dealership in town. My mom was the consummate volunteer and cheerleader for me. Gretchen Carlson
Mom Me Car Church Minister Consummate Volunteer Town Cheerleader Owned Grandfather Dad
After my grandfather began to be successful, he returned to the village where he was born and founded a primary school. Guler Sabanci
School Born He Primary Primary School Returned Began Where After Grandfather Successful Village Founded
My great, great grandfather, Michael O'Hanson, fled the impending potato famine of Ireland and arrived in America in the early 1840s with his bride, Bridget. They headed for Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love and a mecca for Irish-Catholic immigrants then. Hamza Yusuf
Love Great Immigrants City Brotherly Potato Impending Headed Great-Grandfather Arrived His Ireland Michael America Famine Grandfather Then Mecca Bride Early Philadelphia
I lived on the Greek side of Cypress, and I think that's also where my interest in politics really started to come alive. It was the first time that I was told I couldn't go somewhere: My grandfather's house is on the Turkish side, but we were not allowed to go there. Hannah Simone
Politics Time Somewhere First Think Side Alive Allowed Come House Also First Time Go Were Greek Where Interest Turkish Grandfather Really Lived Started
My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black. Henry Louis Gates
Father Black Coloured Am Grandfather
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