Grandkids Quotations

Now that I'm a grandfather myself, I realize that the best thing about having grandkids is that you get the kid for the best part of the ride - kind of like owning a car for only the first 10,000 miles. You can have your grandchildren for a couple of days and then turn them back over to the parents.

The only time I mind autographs is when I'm out with my family. You're trying to enjoy kids and grandkids and here comes a swarm, and there go your wife and kids. That happens to every celebrity. It's the price you pay.

Losing a parent is a hard thing... I often sit here and think it would be great if mum and dad were alive and had a chance to see their grandkids grow up.

'Hallelujah' is going to be a standard that our grandkids, our great-great grandkids will learn to sing in church. It's one of those really, really special songs.

It's great fun that my grandkids get to see the costumes in 'Alice in Wonderland' or a doll with grandma's dress, but then they also let me know they're bummed I didn't do any of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.

How do you know someone is a grandparent? They've got milk stains on every shirt from burping babies. Their pants are worn out at the knees from crawling around giving pony rides. They have 2,842 pictures of the grandkids on their smart phone and not one photo of their spouse.

It's not about me, it's about the grandkids. That's what a lot of people don't understand about what Herman is up to.

My grandkids say, "Reality Bites." O.K., but it also challenges and rewards... I believe our best days are yet to come.

Someday I'll tell my grandkids I played in the same tournament as Tiger Woods, ... We are witnessing a phenomenon here that the game may never, ever see again.

More often than not, my reference point is not the kids or the grandkids but myself when I was that age. I remember the days at Hartranft Elementary and Stewart Junior High in Norristown.

I'd like my grandkids to be able to watch PBS. But I'm not willing to borrow money from China, and make my kids have to pay the interest on that, and my grandkids, over generations, as opposed to saying to PBS, 'Look, you're going to have to raise more money from charitable contributions or from advertising.'

I live in the Foothills and have 13 grandkids who are either going to Foothills schools or have gone through the Foothills schools.

He wasn't going to look at the Ivy League. I told him he didn't want me to tell his children that he passed up just the option. There had to be one Ivy League school visit. I wasn't going to tell my grandkids that their father didn't even consider it.

He was a strong family man who loved his wife and son dearly. He believed that family was important. It was obvious to me how much his grandkids and kids respected him. His oldest grandson is 35 and they had great respect for their grandfather.

I'm hoping they can stay focused and relax at the same time. The sad thing would be to go down there and have all kinds of success and not have any fun with it. I want this to be something the kids can remember and tell their grandkids about.

I was only 250 miles away, but now I'm 2,500 miles away. I was a little disappointed my wife and grandkids are in Houston.

What if it's not for you? ... What if you don't like it, or it's too strict, or they don't let your grandkids use the pool?

What if it's not for you? What if you don't like it, or it's too strict, or they don't let your grandkids use the pool?

When people hear I have six kids and 16 grandkids, they think, 'Oh, boy, you must get a lot of stories from them.' I don't. It's not like I'm behind the sofa in the living room taking notes while the grandkids carry on.

Ultimately, we have to decide, with the Legislature: Are we willing to take some bold steps to make us even more competitive in the future, competing in a global economy? I think Nebraskans are willing to listen to that discussion. They want an opportunity for their kids and grandkids to live here.

There's not enough Advil being made to keep baby boomers going forever. We're looking for their kids and grandkids to come.

We also hung out at what was then Conley Rayne's (now Rayne's Reef) in Berlin, and there was roller skating parties and sock hop dances at church hall, too, ... By today's standards, our kids and grandkids might think we had a boring time, but it was wonderful.

I'm at the grandparent stage I have two grandkids that come over a lot, and they use my computer. I make it a point to monitor where they go and we have the computer where they can be monitored easily.

If there are 100 reasons not to make this information available, I got every one of them. We have received a proposal that clearly demonstrates that the DNI is living in the analog age while the rest of us are in the digital age. At this rate, my grandkids and great-grandkids will be the first ones to see this information. And I don't even have grandkids yet.

I have seven grandkids and this is what they love.

I love making movies. I love the fact that movies are forever. When I'm 80, my grandkids can see me in Love and Basketball and in Brown Sugar.

Oh I have it all planned out, I would set up education for all the grandkids first. Make sure they are taken care of. I just like once in awhile to take a chance. Never won but who knows somebody has to someday.

I know everyone here along Sullivan Creek is concerned about mosquitoes. I'm kind of concerned about my grandkids and my health.

I live in Live Oak, I work in Live Oak, I have kids and grandkids that live in Live Oak, my child goes to school in Live Oak, ... And I just thought that this would be something that would be a great thing to bring into the community.

I truly feel blessed and honored to have that title. I'm really excited that my grandkids will be reading about me in history books.

That's pretty cool. It's another one of those things I'll be able to tell the grandkids about.

It was rough. I had three grandkids while I was gone, and all I could get was pictures over e-mails.

Now, there's just so much imagery. Imagine what our grandkids are going to be able to see of us?

We don't think of ourselves as a dynasty. I really hope some of my grandkids will be actively involved in politics.

All the people know each other and we watch out for each other's kids. If my grandkids are doing something they shouldn't somebody is going to correct them.

I made the grandkids laugh. John Madden finally liked me!