My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.
My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?
We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg.
It was all because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealinggreat-great-grandfather!
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.
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.
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.
I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather.
As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California.
Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.
It's going to be an emotional time for me to see where my great grandfather ministered. It's going to be great to see the fruit of his labor.
My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
My grandfather is great. He's a great grandfather.
To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."
There they lived on, those New England people, farmer lives, father and grandfather and great-grandfather, on and on without noise, keeping up tradition, and expecting, beside fair weather and abundant harvests, we did not learn what. They were contented to live, since it was so contrived for them, and where their lines had fallen.
Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.
Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap.
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.
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.
There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold coins or jewels to show for it.
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