#grand

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. ↗

— Don Marquis

#canyon #down #dropping #echo #grand

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent. ↗

— Don Marquis

#careful #child #grandparent #influence #must

I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#denied #father #grandfather #grandmother #i

I mean, the idea that Bar could have sent him off on a Grand Tour. But he wasn't the least bit interested. Why? Why isn't he interested in the world? Because here's the bad news for him: He's in the world now. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#bad news #bar #because #bit #could

Our members are very much maligned. Obviously the average age is 60 something, but they all have children and grandchildren, they understand what we need to do, they want to win. ↗

— Francis Maude

#average #children #grandchildren #maligned #members

I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver. ↗

— Theresa May

#feel #gestures #get #good #good job

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also. ↗

— John McCain

#believe #canyon #evolution #god #grand

Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect Social Security? I absolutely will. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#fight #grandkids #i #kids #like

I've been accused of being old before my time more than once. It's true that I've always felt an affinity for, and been comfortable around, older people. I attribute this to a childhood spent around my grandparents - and even a great-grandparent or two. I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#affinity #always #anything #around #attribute

My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to work wherever he could. But whenever it was time to go out, you saw how they cared for how they looked. ↗

— Andy Garcia

#cared #could #cuba #elegant #farmer