#grandfather

I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#becoming #country #dictatorship #during #family

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#cure #deteriorate #devastating #disease #family

My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then? ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#been #before #dad #great-grandfather #had

My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#brooklyn #grandfather #navy #uncle #worked

My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end. ↗

— Vincent Schiavelli

#before #came #chef #cooked #end

It is really quite amazing that all of the folks supporting privatization, from the president on down, keep invoking the name of my grandfather, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. ↗

— James Roosevelt

#delano #down #folks #franklin #grandfather

We need to work our level best in this legislative session to help grow Montana's economy, so that grandchildren can stay in Montana, grandchildren can visit their grandmother and grandfather by driving across town, not flying across the country. ↗

— Brian Schweitzer

#best #country #driving #economy #flying

Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather. ↗

— Chuck Berry

#good #grandfather #me #rock

My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

#dress #family #full #great-grandfather #incredibly

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right? ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#get #grandfather #honey #more #right