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Grandfather Quotes
On the men who shaped a family's history.
These grandfather quotes trace how a household's values and even its trade can pass down a generation, from teaching lineages to a seafarer who kept running his home like a ship long after retiring. Readers exploring Family quotes will find the same thread of generational habit running through both.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Psychologist
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom's a psychologist, and so is my grandfather.
- Parents
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Playing with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally.
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In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by me.
- Dad
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My mom's half-Irish, and my dad's half-Irish. We don't know much about my mom's side, but my dad's mom came from Belfast and married my grandfather, who was from Wales.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only story my grandfather tells me about his days in the NFL is how much better he was than me.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an Irish tenor in a barbershop quartet.
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My mother was born in a refugee camp in Germany before the family immigrated to western Canada. They were able to get visas thanks to my grandfather's older sister, who had immigrated between the wars.
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My parents had a difficult divorce. My dad had to take a backseat for a few years, and my grandfather came in. He was also my inspiration for becoming an actor. I really respected him.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile.
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I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy!
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I come from a very strenuous, strict, disciplined classical music background. My grandfather, noted Carnatic classical exponent Dr. Sripada Pinakapani, was a Padma Bhushan recipient.
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My grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they ought to have been sung in the congregation. In that volume, he promised a second if the first should prove acceptable. We forgive him the first collection because he did not inflict another.
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- Nov 07, 2020