My Grandfather Quotes - Page 16

• My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, and my father was the first to touch the deepest point in the ocean... For me, adventure and exploration is something in the blood.

  Bertrand Piccard

  Father, Ocean, Adventure

  "Adventurer sets sights on the sun for an 'impossible' dream". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. January 19, 2010.

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• The truth is that my grandfather was quite wealthy, a shipbuilder.

  Mohamed Al-Fayed

  Grandfather, Truth Is, Wealthy

  "Now, about that passport..." by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2002.

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• Having still in my recollection so many excellent men, to whose grandfathers, upon the same spots, my grandfather had yielded cheerful obedience and reverence, it is not without sincere sorrow that I have beheld many of the sons of these men driven from their fathers' mansions, or holding them as little better than tenants or stewards, while the swarms of Placemen, Pensioners, Contractors, and Nabobs... have usurped a large part of the soil.

  William Cobbett

  Father, Son, Men

  Political Register, December 21, 1816.

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• My mother and grandmothers could never have lived my life; my father and my grandfathers could never have imagined it. But they bestowed on me the promise of America, which made my life and my choices possible.

  Hillary Clinton

  Mother, Father, America

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• Saying that I am talking out of both sides of my mouth just proves my very point. Politicians would bypass real social issues by referring to my grandfather, who founded the Muslim Brotherhood, or to my brother, currently chairman of the Islamic Centre in Geneva.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Brother, Real, Islamic

  Source: themuslimtimes.info

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• My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots.

  Elvis Costello

  Dad, Father, Play

  "Elvis Costello: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 17, 2013.

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• I'd like to credit my speed to my grandfather. But he was also a quiet player. He didn't talk much. He just went out there on the field and did his own thing.

  Chris Davis

  Player, Grandfather, Credit

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• I have a photograph of my grandfather driving a donkey cart barefoot.

  Nelly Furtado

  Grandfather, Driving, Photograph

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• Sometimes you don't know if your memory is because you really experienced it or because you look at your old pictures. I have a nice picture of myself held up by my grandfather and my father standing next to me. We all have the same name - we're all called Anton Corbijn. That's something I cherish.

  Anton Corbijn

  Memories, Father, Nice

  "Anton Corbijn’s Spy Games". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 23, 2014.

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• But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer.

  Robert E. Howard

  Men, Grandfather, Pioneers

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• Thanks to the gods I didn't spend much time while growing up with my grandfather's mistress and preserved the flower of my youth, waiting for the proper time to demonstrate my virility.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Growing Up, Flower, Waiting

  Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• My girlfriend Rhonda, who's now my wife, I graduated from high school, she got pregnant. My grandfather said, 'You've got to do the right thing.'

  Bernie Mac

  Girlfriend, School, Wife

  "'Bernie Mac Show' Kicks Off Second Season Tonight". "CNN Live At Daybreak", www.cnn.com. September 18, 2002.

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• My grandfather always said, Don't watch your money, watch your health. So one day while I was watching my health, someone stole my money. It was my grandfather.

  Jackie Mason

  Grandfather, One Day, Watches

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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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• My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was classically trained, military trained. He was an orphan who ended up in the Military School of Music in Kneller Hall.

  Elvis Costello

  Stars, Dad, Father

  "Elvis Costello: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 17, 2013.

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• My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism - certainly not politics.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Jobs, Father, Diplomats

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• My grandfather's a little forgetful, but he likes to give me advice. One day, he took me aside and left me there.

  Ron Richards

  Funny, Humorous, Giving

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• Because I would rather be with my grandfather on Alp than anywhere on earth.

  Johanna Spyri

  Grandfather, Earth, Alps

  Johanna Spyri (2015). “Heidi (Illustrated Edition): Classic of Children’s Literature”, p.73, e-artnow

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• Rock is my child and my grandfather.

  Chuck Berry

  Children, Rocks, Grandfather

  "Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll pioneer, dead at 90" by Ralph Ellis, Todd Leopold, Tony Marco, www.cnn.com. March 18, 2017.

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• My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Dad, School

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

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• From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on such things money should be eagerly spent.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Teacher, Father, Educational

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book I, Verse 4,

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• You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.

  Lillian Gish

  Mother, Husband, Father

  Quoted in Abby Adams, An Uncommon Scold (1989)

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• I never want to abandon my bike. I see my grandfather, now in his seventies and riding around everywhere. To me that is beautiful. And the bike must always remain a part of my life.

  Stephen Roche

  Beautiful, Grandfather, Riding

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• A Porsche will always look like a Porsche. My grandfather took these shapes from nature, so the head lamps of the 911 maybe look a little like the eyes of a frog, but it comes from nature, and the best shapes are from nature, so why change?

  Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

  Eye, Design, Grandfather

  "This Porsche is still driven". Interview with John O'Dell, articles.latimes.com. November 6, 2002.

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• My grandfather did not travel across 4,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this country overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland.

  Stephen Colbert

  Country, Ocean, Men

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