Quotes About Grandfather

I don't mind playing even a grandfather provided the role is good.

My grandfather, my dad's dad, he was a lawyer. He was a state legislator. He was the publisher of Oregon's second largest newspaper. He was a pretty amazing guy.

Probably the most formative thing was at the age of four my Granddad took me fishing. That actually became a major part of the rest of my life.

I come from a law enforcement family. My grandfather, William J. Comey, was a police officer. Pop Comey is one of my heroes. I have a picture of him on my wall in my office at the FBI, reminding me of the legacy I've inherited and that I must honor.

I have a ranch in Montana, but it's not a real working ranch. I've always liked the outdoors. I come from Texas. My grandfather was a farmer; that's as close as I come.

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.'

Who are your heroes?' asked Jo. 'Grandfather and Napoleon.' 'Which lady here do you think prettiest? said Sallie. 'Margaret. 'Which do you like best? from Fred. 'Jo, of course.

Heidi came running in, "Grandfather can the sun still laugh at me? she asked

His grandfather used to say that there were angels whom devils would greet on the street. If that were true, thought Parker, then let the devils raise their hats to him. It would just make them easier to identify and destroy.

Everything that Mr Smallweed's grandfather ever put away in his mind was a grub at first, and is a grub at last. In all his life he has never bred a single butterfly.

I'm a quarter Indian; my grandfather's originally from New Delhi.

My grandfather was raising me, and in many respects, I was trying to understand what it meant to be a man. He was my role model.

In the year 1943 my grandfather, Shri Vijay Bhatt made a film by the name of 'Ram Rajya.'

My grandpa would take me to the driving range and, I don't know, it didn't take me long to realize I'm a little different with golf. I have an eye for seeing things differently. Somehow I just see shots in my head.

Multiplying my age by 2 in my head/I'm a grandfather. Or Dead.

When he was young, that God out of the Orient, then was he harsh and revengeful, and built himself a hell for the delight of his favourites. At last, however, he became old and soft and mellow and pitiful, more like a grandfather than a father, but most like a tottering old grandmother.

I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming like the passengers in his car.

My mother's father, Hobart Cromwell, was a bacteriologist with Abbott Laboratories in suburban Chicago. I never got to know him well, as he died very young, but he was always a heroic figure in our family, wise and gentle and intelligent by reputation, with the courage to fight against the McCarthyites.

Dortmund is a fantastic club, critical for my career. But my Spanish grandfather on my mother's side always wished that I play in Spain. And if, then at Real Madrid.

I was fortunate to have a grandfather who was an optometrist. Vision therapy was something that we routinely did to strengthen our eyes and give us better focus. I was fortunate that he could teach me techniques that are still paying dividends for me to this day.

Obviously I'm delighted I'm a grandfather, but I guess it takes a little while to digest. You start thinking, 'Oh, I'm half-way over the natural life span. So this is the last bit, and I'd better enjoy it.'

My grandfather, Daddy Jeff, made me promise to him that even though I'm already an actress, I'd still finish school.

I had a great childhood. Even though I never had my own room - I shared the porch with my grandfather and kept my belongings in one drawer of a dresser that was jammed next to the piano - I never went hungry and was always supported by my family.

Grandfather was about sixty, a lean active man who still rode his bicycle at great speed.