Father Son Grandfather Quotes

#1. Share your weaknesses. Share your hard moments. Share your real side. It'll either scare away every fake person in your life or it will inspire them to finally let go of that mirage called "perfection," which will open the doors to the most important relationships you'll ever be a part of.

Dan Pearce

#2. The Roman character had a strong streak of snobbery: effectively, citizens preferred to vote for families with strong brand recognition, electing son after father after grandfather to the great magistracies of state, indulging the nobility's dynastic pretensions with a numbing regularity.

Tom Holland

#3. Short stories, for me, it's like you step inside this brand new car and you drive it and you drive it into a tree and you walk away from it.

Kevin Wilson

#4. Home is more than a house. It is a sacred location, a place of aspiration and dreams, of learning and habit, of relationships and heart. Home is the geography of our souls.

Diana Butler Bass

#5. My mother was actually born in Ohio but raised in West Virginia where her family had a laundry. She has a West Virginian accent. My father was born in China, but he's the son of an American citizen. My paternal grandfather was born in San Francisco in 1867.

Laurence Yep

#6. My grandfather had been on the New York City force with his 11 brothers around the turn of the century. He was killed in the line of duty. My father, who was 16, was the oldest son, so he had to quit school and go to work to support his mother.

Bonnie Bedelia

#7. Playing with Tom Watson, I grew up a little bit. Even if he didn't say something to you, even if he didn't give you advice, you have grown up just watching him. It was great.

Matteo Manassero

#8. Don't let anyone tell you not to do what you want to do.

Brad Goreski

#9. I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his. It was interesting to see my own father as a son and the body language and alteration in attitude that comes with that, and it sort of changed our relationship for the better.

Christian Bale

#10. My son Cary's generation likely won't know who my father was, but it's something nice for him that his grandfather was an icon. I had one chance to pass along that name.

Jennifer Grant

#11. Historically, we were always complaining about others interfering in our domestic and national issues.

Najib Mikati

#12. I've always wanted to play more comic parts.

Dominic West

#13. Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true motives of a critic keeps one's conscience both clear and at ease.

Criss Jami

#14. You know, I'm a father. I'm a brother. I'm a son. And I'm a grandfather. So many times I have to be the intermediary, the person to referee and help solve disputes and to protect and to guide.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

#15. Buy a stock at two, have it go to 30. You feel like you're on top of the world.

Kenneth Langone

#16. When my father ran for the state Assembly, the headline said, 'Kean's Son to Run for Assembly.' When my grandfather first ran for Congress, it was 'Kean's son to run for Congress.'

Thomas Kean Jr.

#17. The sage acts by doing nothing.

Laozi

#18. The hardest thing is to give up something you love, for the sake of Allah. But remember Allah never takes without giving something better.

Bilal Philips

#19. Here I am Rock You Like a Hurricane.

Dave Eggers