34 Movie Quotes about Grandfathers (+ Sound Clips)

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Memorable quotes about grandfathers, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 My grandfather didn't build any condos with his bare hands.

Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore in Happy Gilmore

2 Yeah, that's how it start out, colleagues. Me and your grandfather was colleagues. Next thing you know, he's on top of me in the shed, pumping and a-sweating.

Eddie Murphy as Sherman Klump; Grandma Klump in The Nutty Professor (1996)

3 Following in his grandfather's footschtops, footschtops! -Oh! Footsteps!

Quote from Young Frankenstein (1974)

4 Is there a library in town? -Yes. -I suppose you wouldn't know where that is. -Well, roughly. My grandfather built it.

Cary Grant as C.K. Dexter Haven; James Stewart as Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

5 My grandpappy was always an overeager young whippersnapper, and one day he accidentally tunneled into the Grand Canyon.

Michael Gough as Gopher in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

6 I'd like to read this book, but I'm kind of afraid. I had a grandfather who didn't think much of reading. He always said if you read too many books, your head would fall off. -You start the first chapter, sir, and I'll hold on to your head.

Lindsay Benesh as Marcie in It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown

7 Say, whose grandpappy is he anyways?

Michael Gough as Gopher in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

8 Grandfather! Come on. We're going on a picnic. Get aboard, Grandpa. Come on.

Quote from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

9 That's enough! I'm sick and tired of you guys hogging my grandpappy.

Michael Gough as Gopher in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

10 Where were you 60 years ago? -He was a glint in his great grandfather's eye!

Charlie Chaplin as King Shahdov in A King in New York (1957)