Famous quotes containing the words grandfather clock and/or grandfather:
“The pitiless rugs had nothing to say,
the grandfather clock went on with its knitting,
the disposal vomited up chives and clover.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.”
—Henry Fielding (1707–1754)