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“It is perfectly possible that a grandfather can have a more scientific mind than his grandchildren! Societies do not always go forward! Sometimes old generations are much luckier!”

Author:Todd Lowe

“The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.”

Lasts Used Scientist Maps Grandfather Abraham

Book:LANGUAGE IN ACTION

Source: LANGUAGE IN ACTION

“My grandfather was a very insignificant man, actually. At his funeral his hearse followed the other cars.”

Men Car Funeral Grandfather Insignificant My Grandfather

Author:Woody Allen

“My grandfather, mother and father were gifted verbally, and my mother passed that along to me. She always made sure I was conscious of language and words.”

Made Mother Father Language Conscious Grandfather Gifted My Grandfather Mother And Father

Author:George Carlin

“When I was a child I accidentally made a chemical bomb. I also ate my grandfather's heart pills. I got my stomach pumped for that one. I got over that so by the time I hit my teens I was kind of mild. Now I'm like an old lady who occasionally parties real hard.”

Heart Kind Children Made Real Hard Party Bombs Stomach Chemicals Teens Grandfather Pills My Grandfather Old Lady

Author:Brittany Howard

“I never went to church a day in my life. The dominant religion (influence) in my family was my grandfather who was a Scientologist.”

Church Influence My Family Grandfather Dominant My Grandfather

Author:Jason Jones

“My great-grandfather, Sam Aykroyd, was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he was also an Edwardian spiritualist researcher who was very interested in what was going on in the invisible world, the survival of the consciousness, precipitated paintings, mediumship, and trans-channeling.”

World Consciousness Painting Survival Invisible Grandfather Trans Researchers Dentist Channeling Ontario Great Grandfather

Author:Dan Aykroyd

“In Hawaii, there are 50-year-old grandfathers, because they got married so early.”

Years Married Grandfather Hawaii

Author:Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

“I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep.”

Certain England Accepted Grandfather My Grandfather New England

Author:John F. Kennedy

“My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin for me to be there looking like Jezebel.”

Sin Preacher Grandfather Eyebrows My Grandfather Pluck Pentecostal Jezebel

Author:Dolly Parton

“Islam doesn't have to mean blind faith. It can mean what it always meant in your family, a culture, a civilization, as open-minded as your grandfather was, as delightedly disputatious as your father was.... Don't let the zealots make Muslim a terrifying word, I urged myself; remember when it meant family.”

Mean Remember Culture Father Civilization Blind Islam Our Family Grandfather Remember When Open Minded Blind Faith Zealot

Author:Salman Rushdie

“One of the saddest sentences I know is "I wish I had asked my mother about that." Or my father. Or my grandmother. Or my grandfather. As every parent knows, our children are not as fascinated by our fascinating lives as we are.”

Knows Children Mother Father Wish Parent Our Children Sentences Fascinating Grandmother Fascinated Grandfather My Grandmother My Grandfather Saddest

Author:William Zinsser

“Even today a lot of people know me because of my grandfather.”

People Knows Today Grandfather Know Me My Grandfather

Author:Chris Paul

“The Seahawks have only been around since 1976, so our fan base is relatively young. You talk about the Patriots, or the Celtics or, obviously, Red Sox and Bruins. Your grandfather's father was a fan of that team. People have lived there their whole lives.”

People Whole Young Father Team Fans Red Whole Life Grandfather Patriot Bruins

Author:Matt Hasselbeck

“For me this was never a money issue, it was about being rich in your heart. To come home, and to be in the place where your dream first started, 15 minutes away from where my grandfather built my first basketball court, is a dream come true.”

Firsts Heart Home Dream Issues Rich Minutes Basketball Built Court Your Dreams Coming Home Grandfather Dreams Come True My Grandfather Being Rich Basketball Court

Author:Baron Davis

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

Source: The Works of Victor Hugo

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

Photograph Driving Grandfather My Grandfather Carts Donkey Barefoot

Author:Nelly Furtado

“To travel only a few blocks in his own homeland, an elderly grandfather waits to beg for the whim of a teenage soldier. More than an emergency is required to get to a hospital; less than a crime earns a trip to jail. Continue reading the main story Advertisement Continue reading the main story The lucky ones have a permit to leave their squalor to work in the cities, but luck runs out when security closes all checkpoints, paralyzing an entire people. The indignities, dependence and anger are all too familiar.”

“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.”

Wanted Jobs Father My Own Journalism Ministers Prime Grandfather Prime Minister Pakistan Inclination My Grandfather Diplomats

Author:Benazir Bhutto

“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.”

Ifs Knows Looks Sometimes Next Father Names Memories Nice Standing Cherish Grandfather My Grandfather Our Memories Pictures Of Myself Old Picture Nice Picture

Author:Anton Corbijn

“I remember that I auditioned with the scene where I pull the grandfather out of the coffin. I just loved it so much.”

Remember Scene Grandfather Coffins

Author:Brigid Brannagh

“When I talk to entrepreneurs today, I feel like the grandfather who was in the Civil War.”

Feels War Today Entrepreneur Civil War Grandfather

Author:Marc Andreessen

“Did your great-grandfather have any children?”

Children Grandfather Great Grandfather

Author:Fern Britton

“A friend of mine said something powerful at his grandfather's funeral. He said that the greatest lesson from his grandfather's life was that he died empty, because he accomplished everything he wanted, with no regrets. I think that, along with leaving a legacy, would be the greatest sign of success.”

Thinking Said Would Be Wanted Powerful Mines Regret Lessons Empty Died Leaving Legacy Accomplished Funeral Grandfather No Regrets Leaving A Legacy

Author:Marvin Sapp

“If (my grandfather) hadn't left, I'd be working over here at the Albatross Company.”

Ifs Left Company Grandfather My Grandfather Albatross

Author:John F. Kennedy

“A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.”

Men Mistake Grandfather Realist Same Mistakes Making The Same Mistakes

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy. He came to New York when he was 20. He lived in the States from age 20 to 96, but he brought his culture with him, he brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.”

Years States Age Culture Language Born New York Towns Spokes Southern Grandfather My Grandfather Southern Italy

Author:Abel Ferrara

“To finish first you have to first finish. Don't get in a position where you go back to go. What's interesting is that some guy whose grandfather was a lawyer and a judge-hurriedly going to Harvard Law with a wave of veterans-I was willing to go into so many different businesses. I was constantly going right into the other fellow's business and doing better than the other fellow did. The reason it was possible? Self-education- developing mental discipline, big ideas that really work.”

Firsts Ideas Different Self Reason Bigs Law Guy Interesting Position Willing Judging Discipline Fellows Wave Lawyer Developing Grandfather Veteran Harvard Self Education Big Ideas

Author:Charlie Munger

“When I was a kid, my grandfather said that "if you say a word often enough, it becomes you." Thinking of that later in life gave me this idea that I could try to become America by learning the words of people from many aspects of the country.”

People Ifs Thinking Trying Said Ideas Country Enough Kids America Aspect Grandfather My Grandfather Later In Life

Author:Anna Deavere Smith

“In 1997, I, along with 200 other young ophthalmologists formed the National Board of Ophthalmology to protest the American Board of Ophthalmology's decision to grandfather in the older ophthalmologists and not require them to recertify.”

Young Decision Boards Protest Grandfather

Author:Rand Paul

“All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.”

White Grandfather Great Grandfather

Author:Muhammad Ali

“Miami Beach - that's where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother - a Holocaust survivor, who was my roommate - my grandparents, my mom and her brother all shared a four-bedroom house.”

“My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves; they invested money in a church and got burned - the pastor had his own agenda - and my grandfather lost interest in the church after that. That was when I had the option to not go. 'Grandpa ain't going; I'm gonna stay with Grandpa.'”

Lost Interest Church Agendas Grandfather Burned Pastor Grandparent My Grandfather Grandpa Bad Experiences

Author:Curtis Jackson

“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.'”

Said School Wife High School My Wife Right Thing Girlfriend Pregnant Grandfather My Grandfather My Girlfriend

Author:Bernie Mac

“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.”

Said Watches One Day Grandfather My Grandfather

Author:Jackie Mason

“The custom of my grandfather's day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it.”

Stills Seems America Girl Strong Customs Latin Grandfather My Grandfather Latin America Going Strong

Book:A Book

Source: A Book

“You might be a redneck if your favorite hunting dog has a bigger tombstone than your grandfather.”

Ifs Might Dog Bigger Hunting Grandfather Redneck Tombstone Your Favorite You Might Be A Redneck If Hunting Dog

Author:Jeff Foxworthy

“You might be a redneck if your grandfather completely executes the pull my finger trick at the family reunion.”

Ifs Might Fingers Tricks Grandfather Redneck Reunion You Might Be A Redneck If Family Reunion

Author:Jeff Foxworthy

“If you live on an atoll and you get a warning by radio that a big wave is coming and everyone is told to move to higher ground, where are you supposed to go on these islands? There is none. The highest ground is four-meters (around 13 feet) above sea level, meaning you'd be safer in a coconut tree. How, though, are you supposed to get your grandfather, grandmother and grandchildren up there?”

Ifs Bigs Moving Levels Four Tree Sea Feet Goes On Higher Highest Wave Radio Islands Grandmother Warning Grandfather Grandchildren Meter Coconuts Grandmother And Grandchildren Higher Ground

Author:Enele Sopoaga

“I understand the rural south because I spent a lot of time in it when I was a kid and my grandfather’s brothers were farmers and I spent time on the farm when I was a kid with them walking through the fields and working and hanging out.”

Kids Fields Brother Walking South Hanging Out Farms Farmers Grandfather My Grandfather

Author:Samuel L. Jackson

“My grandfather is from Ireland. His name is Florence McCarthy. He moved to New York in 1920. They used to beat him up because his name was Florence. He had to switch his name to Frank. And then this Christmas, he made an announcement - he goes, 'I'm switching me name back to Florence.' And we beat him up, 'cause it's a dumb name and he's old and weak and it was easy.”

Made Used Names Causes Easy New York Beats Weak Moved Dumb Ireland Frank Grandfather My Grandfather Announcements Switching Florence

Author:Greg Fitzsimmons

“My grandfather killed himself falling off the dike in Ostend while photographing my two cousins. This can happen so easily when looking through a lens: for a split second nothing else exists outside the frame.”

Two Happens Fall Splits Grandfather Lenses Cousin My Grandfather Falling Off

Author:Martine Franck

“I don't usually get to play fathers or grandfathers or uncles. Now that I'm older, maybe I can play people closer to myself. I'd like that.”

People I Can Play Father Grandfather Uncles

Author:Christopher Walken

“I am deeply saddened by the loss of my children`s grandfather and my very dear friend. I loved big John with all my heart. ... Johnny Cash will, like Will Rogers, stand forever as a symbol of intelligence, creativity, compassion and common sense.”

Heart Children Bigs Loss Common Compassion Creativity Forever My Heart Dear Common Sense Symbols My Children Cash Grandfather Roger Dear Friend Saddened

Author:Rodney Crowell

“Although no one said so, intuitively I knew they were my celestial welcoming committee. It was as if they had all gathered just outside heaven's gate, waiting for me. The first person I recognized was Joe Kulbeth, my grandfather. He looked exactly as I remembered him, with his shock of white hair. ...as I stared into his face, an ecstatic bliss overwhelmed me. ... I couldn't get past the joy of our reunion. How either of us reached heaven seemed irrelevant.”

Source: 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

“I spent six years as a child growing not far from Las Vegas.I use to sit on the porch of our home and listen to my grandfather tell stories as he smoked one of three daily cigars.One of the things my grandfather instilled in me, was that I was really blessed because I was a citizen of the greatest country in the history of our mankind.”

Years Children Country Stories Use Home Three Growing Mankind Citizens Six Blessed Grandfather My Grandfather Vegas Las Vegas Cigar Porch Growing Children

Author:Marco Rubio

“As a sick kid, I always looked out the window. The objects of my observation were the sun, the seasons, the wind, crazy people, and my grandfather's death. During my long period of observation, I felt that something like poems were filling up my body.”

People Long Body Kids Felt Sun Crazy Objects Wind Periods Window Seasons Sick Observation Grandfather Filling My Grandfather Crazy People Filling Up Sick Kids

Author:Kim Hyesoon

“I'm the happiest grandfather in the world, I promise you.”

World Promise Grandfather I Promise

Author:Michael Caine

“My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from.”

I Can Eye Remember Spirituality Priests Grandfather My Grandfather Voodoo

Author:Wyclef Jean

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