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Grandfather Quotes

My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn’t just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots Picture Quote #1

To grow old is to lose everything. Aging, everybody knows it. Even when we are young, we glimpse it sometimes, and nod our heads when a grandfather dies. Then we row for years on the midsummer pond, ignorant and content Picture Quote #1

I shared a room with my parents until I was 7, and I lived with my uncles and aunts and my cousins and my grandfather... so the house was always full of people Picture Quote #1

My grandfather had a wonderful funeral... On the buffet table there was a replica of the deceased in potato salad Picture Quote #1

No matter what ailed you, a small glass of schnapps would take care of it at once. This particular remedy was so good my grandfather would frequently take the cure even before there was anything wrong with him Picture Quote #1

That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge Picture Quote #1

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My grandfather is hard of hearing. He needs to read lips. I don’tmind him reading lips, but he uses one of those yellow highlighters Picture Quote #1

Three of my children are medical doctors; they know at least a hundred times as much about your body as my grandfather knew, but they don’t know much more about soul than he did Picture Quote #1

Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I’ve actually been able to make some money at a racetrack Picture Quote #1

Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice Picture Quote #1

My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn’t visit him often, since he lived about three miles out of town and he died when I was six. He was remarkably curious about the world, and he read lots of books Picture Quote #1

We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed Picture Quote #1

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My father didn’t know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master Picture Quote #1

When you’re all singing together, it brings things together. I know the songs that my grandfather and my father sang Picture Quote #1

She could not bear the thought. She simply could not bear the thought that she might somehow prove to her grandfather that her mother had indeed been a fool and her father had been a damned fool and that she was the damnedest fool of them all Picture Quote #1

His grandfather had often told him that he tried too hard to move trees when a wiser man would walk around them Picture Quote #1

The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather Picture Quote #1

Grandfather always said school’s a place where they take sixteen years to wear down your brain. Grandfather hardly went to school either Picture Quote #1

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I’m luckier than my grandfather, who didn’t move more than five miles from the village in which he was born Picture Quote #1

A man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame in recalling it would rather be a man who plunges into scientific questions with which he has no real acquaintance, only to obscure them by an aimless rhetoric Picture Quote #1

My grandfather was dying, and told the family he had decided to die... At that moment I wanted so badly to write and tell him that he was never going to die, that somehow he would always be present in my life, because he had a theory that death didn’t exist, only forgetfulness did. He believed that if you can keep people in your memory, they will live forever. That’s what he did with my grandmother Picture Quote #1

Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. and now it’s kind of become a way of life for me Picture Quote #1

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My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters Picture Quote #1

You come on as a guest. You don’t get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather Picture Quote #1

When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good Picture Quote #1

The cherry orchard is now mine!... I bought the estate on which my grandfather and father were slaves, where they were not even permitted in the kitchen Picture Quote #1

If anyone were to be willing to trace his descent through an ape as his grandfather, would he be willing to trace his descent similarly on the side of his grandmother? Picture Quote #1

I prefer to forget both pairs of glasses and pass my declining years saluting strange women and grandfather clocks Picture Quote #1

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My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn’t just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots (Grandfather Quotes) To grow old is to lose everything. Aging, everybody knows it. Even when we are young, we glimpse it sometimes, and nod our heads when a grandfather dies. Then we row for years on the midsummer pond, ignorant and content (Grandfather Quotes) I shared a room with my parents until I was 7, and I lived with my uncles and aunts and my cousins and my grandfather... so the house was always full of people (Grandfather Quotes) My grandfather had a wonderful funeral... On the buffet table there was a replica of the deceased in potato salad (Grandfather Quotes) No matter what ailed you, a small glass of schnapps would take care of it at once. This particular remedy was so good my grandfather would frequently take the cure even before there was anything wrong with him (Grandfather Quotes) That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge (Grandfather Quotes) My grandfather is hard of hearing. He needs to read lips. I don’tmind him reading lips, but he uses one of those yellow highlighters (Grandfather Quotes) Three of my children are medical doctors; they know at least a hundred times as much about your body as my grandfather knew, but they don’t know much more about soul than he did (Grandfather Quotes) Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I’ve actually been able to make some money at a racetrack (Grandfather Quotes) Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice (Grandfather Quotes) My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn’t visit him often, since he lived about three miles out of town and he died when I was six. He was remarkably curious about the world, and he read lots of books (Grandfather Quotes) We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed (Grandfather Quotes) My father didn’t know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master (Grandfather Quotes) When you’re all singing together, it brings things together. I know the songs that my grandfather and my father sang (Grandfather Quotes) She could not bear the thought. She simply could not bear the thought that she might somehow prove to her grandfather that her mother had indeed been a fool and her father had been a damned fool and that she was the damnedest fool of them all (Grandfather Quotes) His grandfather had often told him that he tried too hard to move trees when a wiser man would walk around them (Grandfather Quotes) The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather (Grandfather Quotes) Grandfather always said school’s a place where they take sixteen years to wear down your brain. Grandfather hardly went to school either (Grandfather Quotes) I’m luckier than my grandfather, who didn’t move more than five miles from the village in which he was born (Grandfather Quotes) A man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame in recalling it would rather be a man who plunges into scientific questions with which he has no real acquaintance, only to obscure them by an aimless rhetoric (Grandfather Quotes) My grandfather was dying, and told the family he had decided to die... At that moment I wanted so badly to write and tell him that he was never going to die, that somehow he would always be present in my life, because he had a theory that death didn’t exist, only forgetfulness did. He believed that if you can keep people in your memory, they will live forever. That’s what he did with my grandmother (Grandfather Quotes) Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there (Grandfather Quotes) 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 (Grandfather Quotes) My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. and now it’s kind of become a way of life for me (Grandfather Quotes) My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters (Grandfather Quotes) You come on as a guest. You don’t get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather (Grandfather Quotes) When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good (Grandfather Quotes) The cherry orchard is now mine!... I bought the estate on which my grandfather and father were slaves, where they were not even permitted in the kitchen (Grandfather Quotes) If anyone were to be willing to trace his descent through an ape as his grandfather, would he be willing to trace his descent similarly on the side of his grandmother? (Grandfather Quotes) I prefer to forget both pairs of glasses and pass my declining years saluting strange women and grandfather clocks (Grandfather Quotes)

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