Grandfather Quotes - Page 2

• When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good.

  Harri Holkeri

  Children, Vision, Letters

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• 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

  Mother, Inspiration, Creativity

  "Get To Know Giada". "Time" Interview, content.time.com. June 2, 2006.

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• I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I'm half-Puerto Rican. But yeah, I have a huge family and tons of cousins in Puerto Rico. We actually hung out with them last summer, and it was awesome. But I wish my grandfather had taught my dad Spanish when he was younger so he could've taught me when I was younger, and sometimes he does, too. It's a shame.

  Aubrey Plaza

  Summer, Cousin, Dad

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• My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

  Aubrey Plaza

  Kids, Would Be, Easier

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My grandfather was very into horse racing, and I found some of his old journals and got into it from there. It has a lot of parallels to skiing. It's a fun lifestyle, being around the racetrack.

  Bode Miller

  Horse, Fun, Racing

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• It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'

  Mos Def

  Apples, Movement, Action

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• 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

  Stars, Rocks, Gourmet

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• There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.

  Victor Hugo

  Love, Children, Father

  Victor Hugo (2010). “The Works of Victor Hugo”, p.1343, BookCaps Study Guides

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• 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

  Strong, Legacy, Links

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• My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met.

  Emanuel Celler

  Girl, Grandmother, Catholic

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• My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This is something I really know about. Even when I was a kid, it was a profession my father couldn't stay in, because he couldn't make enough money.

  Warren Beatty

  Mother, Teacher, Father

  Interview with Carla Marinucci, www.sfgate.com. October 9, 2005.

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• My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Running, Country, Comedian

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• My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter.

  Gyorgy Ligeti

  Artist, Musician, Painter

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• 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.

  Giovanni Ribisi

  Mother, Father, Two

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've been writing about my boyhood, when I was a little kid back on my grandfather's farm where we didn't know about black widow spiders or all that stuff. But writing about that is so easy.

  Kary Mullis

  Writing, Kids, Black

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• 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

  America, Kitchen, Tables

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• The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.

  Dave Barry

  Baby, Grandma, Grandmother

  Dave Barry (1984). “Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months, with Tools You Probably Have Around the Home”, p.54, Rodale

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• My great grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it to her daughter, my mother, who used to remind her daughter, my own sister, that to talk well and eloquently was a very great art, but that an equally great one was to know the right moment to stop.

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Daughter, Mother, Art

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  When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

  Will Rogers

  Funny, Death, Hilarious

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• You don't have to be in "Who's Who" to know what's what.

  Sam Levenson

  Grandmother, Grandparent, Grandkids

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.1, Open Road Media

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• The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a Pirate.

  Bernard Williams

  Father, Men, Average

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• Grandfathers do have a special place in the lives of their children's children. They can delight and play with them and even indulge them in ways that they did not indulge their own children. Grandfather knows that after the fun and games are over with his adorable grandchildren he can return to the quiet of his own home and peacefully reflect on this phenomenon of fatherhood.

  Alvin Francis Poussaint

  Fun, Children, Home

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• My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.

  Malcolm X

  Father, Real, Names

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• Grandfather was well known for being stubborn in his ideas. For instance... you had to go to sleep facing east so that you would be ready to greet the sun when it returned.

  Michael Dorris

  Sleep, Ideas, Grandparent

  Michael Dorris (1994). “Guests”

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• My grandfather was a giant of a man ... When he walked, the earth shook. When he laughed, the birds fell out of the trees. His hair caught fire from the sun. His eyes were patches of sky.

  Eth Clifford

  Eye, Men, Sky

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