Grandfather Charles Francis

Famous quotes containing the words grandfather, charles and/or francis:

    “There they lived on, those New England people, farmer lives, father and grandfather and great-grandfather, on and on without noise, keeping up tradition, and expecting, beside fair weather and abundant harvests, we did not learn what. They were contented to live, since it was so contrived for them, and where their lines had fallen.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “As I was going by Charing Cross,
    I saw a black man upon a black horse;
    They told me it was King Charles the First—”
    —Unknown. As I was going by Charing Cross (l. 1–3)

    “Charlie don’t surf!”
    —John Milius, U.S. screenwriter, Francis Ford Coppola (b. 1939)