To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose.
To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."
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.
Elephants and grandchildren never forget.
Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap.
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
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.
Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them.
I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality.
More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.
I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar.
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
I created the Women's Federation for World Peace in order to restore all that woman originally lost. You American women don't need a man in the position of grandfather, parents, husband, elder or younger brother. You only need the true Adam.
My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.
My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him.
I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician.
Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of Wallace, at the mouth of the river of that name.
Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.
My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher.
My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to work wherever he could. But whenever it was time to go out, you saw how they cared for how they looked.
Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.
I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't believe what it's like being a father. Especially when you come out of the chaos of the road to getting married and having children.
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