Quotes by Grandfather In a strange way, becoming a grandfather is like starting your life over. Kenny Wallace becoming grandfather way My grandfather used to say to me when I was a boy, "Getting knocked down is no big prize - it's getting up that's the real trick." I couldn't agree more. Kevin Allen real grandfather boys I am ever mindful of the legacy of my grandfather, the founder of this Kingdom, who had said to me that he perceived his life as a link in a continuous chain of those who served our nation and that he expected me to be a new and strong link in the same chain. King Hussein I legacy strong grandfather My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the company that he would carry to work. It's a big iron pipe with a hunk of lead on the head. I think about how far we've come as companies from those days, where workers had to protect themselves from the company. Larry Page iron grandfather thinking I carry in my datebook a piece of paper that my mother copied out for me, from the 1840 Census. Hardy Callaway Culver of Hancock County, Georgia, had 42 slaves, 31 "employed in agriculture." Culver was my great-great-great grandfather. I carry this piece of paper with me every day because I don't want to forget. I don't know what to do with the information, but I don't want to forget it. Laura Lippman agriculture grandfather mother It had been a good day, all things considered. I had managed rather well on my own. I opened Grandfather's Bible. This is what it would be like when I had my own shop, or when I traveled abroad. I would always read before sleeping. One day, I'd be so rich I would have a library full of novel to choose from. But I would always end the evening with a Bible passage. Laurie Halse Anderson good-day grandfather sleep She looks like a china doll, observed Grandfather as we departed. I will break just as easily, I muttered. Laurie Halse Anderson departed grandfather life I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality. Lenny Kravitz grandfather mind reality My grandfather is great. He's a great grandfather. Leonard Marx great-grandfather grandchildren grandfather I grew up in a modern business environment and did not experience the kind of prejudice that my mother and grandfather experienced. Lewis Schiff prejudice grandfather mother The humour of the Chinese people in inventing gunpowder and finding its best use in making firecrackers for their grandfathers' birthdays is merely symbolical of their inventiveness along merely pacific lines. Lin Yutang chinese grandfather people Jacián!" She yells again, and then she says something in Spanish. A moment later he comes down the hallway. "I'm going to tell Grandfather you said that," he says. "What do you want? Lisa McMann moments grandfather want I have family in Ponce. It's a shame that my grandfather passed and I wasn't able to be there with him. Lloyd Banks shame able grandfather Grandfather / advised me: / Learn a trade / I learned / to sit at desk / and condense / No layoff / from this / condensery. Lorine Niedecker desks poetry grandfather Who wants to be married to a grandfather? Loretta Lynn married grandfather want When anything bad happens to me or someone I know, I always know who to blame. My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. Louis Sachar grandfather pigs dirty In 1980 I was a red kid and no one could have said anything bad about the Soviet Union. At least this is how my grandfather used to remember me. Around 1981, I became a pro-capitalist person and it stuck. Lubos Motl unions grandfather kids My grandfather was a faith healer and medium and he always encouraged faith in the unseen. I believe in fortune tellers. Luke Goss unseen grandfather believe I wanted to be an actor ever since I was five. My grandparents - my mom's parents in New York - were stage actors. I think indirectly I wanted to do it because of them. My grandfather would tell me stories about Tennessee Williams and actors he worked with in New York. He had such a respect for acting and such a love for storytelling about that world. I grew up hearing him tell tales of it.They were never encouraging me or discouraging me to take part. They were always feeding me with theater. Lydia Wilson grandparent grandfather thinking It's true that I did get the girl, but then my grandfather always said, Even a blind chicken finds a few grains of corn now and then. Lyle Lovett corn girl grandfather «345678910111213»