#grand

My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters. ↗

— Kevin Richardson

#grandfather #grandmother #her #quartet #sisters

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#difficulties #grandeur #lives #many #owe

I have looked on scenery as a strange and on scenery more grand, but on scenery at once so strange and so grand I have never looked and probably never shall again. ↗

— Dean Stanley

#grand #i #looked #more #never

All correct reasoning is a grand system of tautologies, but only God can make direct use of that fact. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#direct #fact #god #grand #make

When I turn thirty, in thirty days or so, I might be feeling old, so I’ll probably call my grandma up, because as old as I’ll feel, she’ll be feeling older. Twelve years older.
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— Jarod Kintz

#birthday #grandma #nonsense #old #old-age

You think Bernadette Maguire killed him?” “Uh… no. She’s, like I said, she’s old.” “Old people can kill people too.” “I know, but…” “She could be a ninja.” “She’s not a ninja, for God’s sake. She’s somebody’s great grandmother.” “I want you to think carefully about this, Kenny. Have you ever seen her with a sword?” “What?” “How about throwing stars?” “This is ridiculous.” “Have you ever seen her dressed up as a ninja? That would have been my first clue.” The girl sucked in her cheeks so she wouldn't laugh out loud. ↗

— Derek Landy

#laugh #ninja #death

My grandpa died yesterday. I ought to know, because I shot him. So come, join me in the fight against patricide by killing your father’s father.
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— Jarod Kintz

#family #fight #grandpa #murder #patricide

Suddenly he stops. He looks up. For, lo, there she stands. The girl of his dreams. Who she is or whence she came, he knows not, nor does he care for his heart tells him that here, here is the maid predestined to be his bride. ↗

— Walt Disney Company

#grand-duke #dreams

The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#democracy #forest #grandeur #our #our people

My dad's a bodybuilder. My whole life I've been taught to train the hard way. I believe in earning strength, not buying it. My grandfather raised me old school: In baseball, you work for whatever you get. ↗

— Gary Sheffield

#been #believe #buying #dad #earning