Each Fall the graves
Each Fall the graves of my grandfathers call me, the brown hills and red gullies of mississippi send out their electric messages, galvanizing my genes. Etheridge Knight
Quotes for All
My grandfather was a giant of a man … When he walked, the earth shook. When he laughed, the birds fell out of the trees. His hair caught fire from the sun. His eyes were patches of sky. Eth Clifford
As I watched my grandfather work with people who were impoverished, I began to understand that to be truly human, one must serve. Ernest L. Boyer
My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that. Erik Estrada
All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes. Erica Jong
My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform. Eric Liu
My grandfather’s 86 and he’s having a baby. Man, I hope when I’m 86 I can have babies. Enrique Iglesias
Always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said: ‘A truck!’ Emo Philips
My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States. Emanuel Celler
My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met. Emanuel Celler