My Grandfather Quotes

• Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

  Lois Wyse

  Grandma, Grandmother, Grandchildren

  Lois Wyse (2011). “Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother”, p.39, Harmony

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• My grandfather and I were very close.

  Tea Obreht

  Grandfather

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• Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.

  J. Norman Collie

  Grandmother, Men, Grandchildren

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• Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.

  Gore Vidal

  Grandma, Grandmother, Grandchildren

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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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• What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Kindness, Children, Life Lesson

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• To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."

  Robert Breault

  Dog, Children, Grandmother

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• I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self-defense.

  Gene Perret

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Self

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality.

  Lenny Kravitz

  Reality, Mind, Grandfather

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• Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them.

  Gene Perret

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Grandparent

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

  Lewis Mumford

  Family, Father, Grandmother

  The Brown Decades ch. 1 (1931)

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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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• Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

  Alex Haley

  Life, Children, Grandmother

  Reader's Digest, 1987.

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• You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Cute

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

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• When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.

  Ogden Nash

  Grandma, Grandmother, Grandchildren

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• My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.

  Clarence Thomas

  Attitude, Responsibility, Men

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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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  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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• The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather.

  Margaret Mead

  Grandmother, People, Grandparent

  Margaret Mead (1992). “To Grandmother with Love: A Special Tribute”, Andrews McMeel Pub

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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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• 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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• Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap.

  Doug Larson

  Grandma, Grandmother, Fighting

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• Elephants and grandchildren never forget.

  Andy Rooney

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Elephants

  Andrew A. Rooney (2010). “Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit”, p.182, PublicAffairs

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• My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.

  Louis Adamic

  Life, Fathers Day, Grandpa

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• More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.

  James Earl Jones

  Grandpa, Grandfather, Inspired

  "The Voice of Triumph". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 29, 1996.

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