Quotes by Grandfather Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more. Stokely Carmichael generations grandfather running Where is the society which does not struggle along under a dead-weight of tradition and law inherited from its grandfather? Suzanne La Follette struggle grandfather law In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process. Tammy Baldwin peers independent grandfather My grandfather and I were very close. Tea Obreht my-grandfather grandfather In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers. Tea Obreht grandfather stones memories For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia. Tea Obreht yugoslavia term grandfather My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes. Temple Grandin airplane pilots grandfather My grandfather felt at home with his lunatics. Thomas Ligotti my-grandfather grandfather home If then, said I, the question is put to me would I rather have a miserable ape for a grandfather or a man highly endowed by nature and possessing great means and influence and yet who employs those faculties for the mere purpose of introducing ridicule into a grave scientific discussion-I unhesitatingly affirm my preference for the ape. Thomas Huxley grandfather men mean I think about my grandfather who's 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket. Tim Scott grandfather years thinking Your grandfather's coffin is heavier than you expect. Your father's coffin is heavier than you can bear. Todd Lowe coffins grandfather father My grandfather built my first hoop. It was a peach basket up against a tree, and we played in the dirt. I couldn't have been more than 6 when he put it up, and I just started playing. Tyson Chandler peaches grandfather tree We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed. Umberto Eco speed car grandfather My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three miles out of town and he died when I was six. He was remarkably curious about the world, and he read lots of books. Umberto Eco important grandfather book It is not altogether a bad thing to have criminal ancestors. An arsonist grandfather may bequeath one a nose for smelling smoke. Ursula K. Le Guin criminals grandfather noses My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end. Vincent Schiavelli kitchen grandfather america My grandfather stood beside me and looked across the street, too. "No, Bryce," he said softly. "She's the same as she's always been; you're the one who's changed." He clapped his hand on my shoulder and whispered, "And son, from here on out, you'll never be the same again. Wendelin Van Draanen grandfather hands son We had entered an era of limitlessness, or the illusion thereof, and this in itself is a sort of wonder. My grandfather lived a life of limits, both suffered and strictly observed, in a world of limits. I learned much of that world from him and others, and then I changed; I entered the world of labor-saving machines and of limitless cheap fossil fuel. It would take me years of reading, thought, and experience to learn again that in this world limits are not only inescapable but indispensable. Wendell Berry reading grandfather years There are flying grandfathers. But I intend to be an orbiting grandfather. Wernher von Braun future flying grandfather It's going to be an emotional time for me to see where my great grandfather ministered. It's going to be great to see the fruit of his labor. Will Graham fruit emotional grandfather «7891011121314151617»