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My Grandfather Quotes (page 2)

My grandfather blasted in. "Aw now, hell, carolyn, don't go twisting the boy back up in knots all over again now that you finally got him straightened out. They aren't leprechauns, son. they're elves. Leprechauns are those little drunk motherfuckers from Ireland. Augusten Burroughs
My grandfather's short employ at the Ford Motor Company marked the only time any Stephanides has ever worked in the automotive industry. Instead of cars, we could become manufacturers of hamburger platters and Greek salads, industrialists of spanakopita and grilled cheese sandwiches, technocrats of rice pudding and banana cream pie. Our assembly line was the grill; our heavy machinery, the soda fountain. Jeffrey Eugenides
My grandfather used to say: Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so foreshortened that I scarcely understand, for instance, how a young man can decide to ride over to the next village without being afraid that -not to mention accidents- even the span of a normal happy life may fall far short of the time needed for such a journey. Franz Kafka
My grandfather has been very depressed lately. He just doesn't know what to do. He says it's late in the game, and he's afraid that life has him beaten."Tell him to take out the goalie. Charles M. Schulz
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
Temple Grandin quote: "My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic..."
My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes. Temple Grandin
My grandfather lived across the garden from us, and in his attic he had a lot of radios, appliances and inventions that he had made over 50 years, such as a keyboard called a clavioline, which can be heard on some Beatles songs - it was popular in the 60s. So we had all that at home. Michel Gondry
My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that. Erik Estrada
Novak Djokovic quote: "My grandfather went through a lot in his life."
My grandfather went through a lot in his life. Novak Djokovic
Leigh Steinberg quote: "My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's..."
My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out. Leigh Steinberg
Billy Ray Cyrus quote: "My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher."
My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. Billy Ray Cyrus
Rand Paul quote: "My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors..."
My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors. Rand Paul
My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the company that he would carry to work. It's a big iron pipe with a hunk of lead on the head. I think about how far we've come as companies from those days, where workers had to protect themselves from the company. Larry Page
Emanuel Celler quote: "My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find..."
My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States. Emanuel Celler
My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform. Eric Liu

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