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When you're all singing together, it brings things together. I know the songs that my grandfather and my father sang. — Terry Pratchett

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. — David Rockefeller

My father passed from cancer in 2000; his brother died of cancer before that. My grandfather died of cancer. — Hill Harper

My father is a great grandfather. He's a wonderful grandfather, but he's a terrible husband. — Pamela Anderson

My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black. — Henry Louis Gates

My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family. — Camille Paglia

As a boy, I remember my father telling me a bedtime story about the day my grandfather was decapitated. — Justin Bienvenue

In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by me. — Clyde Edgerton

Prominent among the American capitalists with ties to Nazi counterparts was Prescott Bush, the father of one president and grandfather of another. — Oliver Stone

My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar. — Maya Lin

I have been on the cover of Time magazine. My father was on the cover of Time, and my grandfather was on the cover of Time. — Gore Vidal

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. — Bernard Williams

My mother playing the violin and my father and grandfather playing the piano, classical stuff. — Pete Seeger

They called him John Storm: John after his grandfather, but Storm after his father and his mother. — John Crowley

Neither my father nor grandfather could put dates to their stories. Not because they had forgotten or were confused; the past was simply the past. — V.S. Naipaul

My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But he was a free spirit, a great grandfather. — Claire Denis

My mother's blood that would last forever after. The blood of my brother, my grandfather, my father. — Alice Hoffman

My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P. — T.I.

My grandfather killed my father in my mind. I know he died of cancer-but it was because of what my grandfather did to him. — Henry Ford

Let our Fathers and Grandfathers be valued for their Goodness, ourselves for our own. — Benjamin Franklin

My great-great-grandfather lived to age 28, my immigrant great-grandfather Pedro Gotiaoco died at 66, my grandfather was 68, and my father died at 34. — John Gokongwei

Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father. — Jamie Wyeth

Little Junior Hampton was called Little Junior Hampton because his father was Big Junior Hampton, and his grandfather was Old Junior Hampton. — Tracy Brogan

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult. — Craig T. Nelson

I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it. — Susana Martinez

My grandfather was a practising Quaker. My father was a nihilist. But nihilism, if you like, is the beginning of faith anyway. — Sebastian Horsley

My grandfather is Portuguese. He betrayed what was expected of him and married my grandmother of African descent on my father's side. — Fred D'Aguiar

His father had been in the military and so had his grandfather. It was a natural fit when Ronan and his brothers each donned a uniform of some kind. — Sara Humphreys

A baby boy has a special way of brining out the man in his father and the little boy in his grandfather. — Tanya Masse

My father's work is rather mysterious, not much said, and my grandfather's is robust, bursting off the walls. — Jamie Wyeth

I'll never be able to fill my father's or grandfather's shoes, but hopefully I can stand on their shoulders and reach farther. — Philippe Cousteau Jr.

How singular," murmured Maximillian; "your father hates me, while your grandfather, on the contrary -- What strange feelings are aroused by politics. — Alexandre Dumas

Your grandfather's coffin is heavier than you expect. Your father's coffin is heavier than you can bear. — Todd Lowe

My grandfather was a Methodist preacher, and my father was an unsuccessful businessman. We didn't have status or wealth. — Alexandra Stoddard

My Grandfather was a drunk, my father was a drunk... I am a drunk. I drink to forget the pain of life. — Mark Worrall