Grandfather George Quotes in Hope and Glory (1987)

Grandfather George: You want to know why they're called Faith, Hope, Grace and Charity?

Bill Rowen: Why?

Grandfather George: Your Grandmother. She named them after the virtues I lack. That's marriage for you!

Grandfather George: Give him the you... know... what!

Grandfather George: [pointing to an electrical transformer tower at the edge of his property] Look! They're coming this way: the Future on the march. I curse you, Volt, Watt and Amp!

Grandfather George: I have no friends, only relations!

Clive Rowen: That was a googly... I taught him how, and now he turns it against me!

Grandfather George: [laughing] The law of life, cruel isn't it?

Grandfather George: You look frustrated, Faithy. That husband of yours still can't rise to the occasion?

Faith: He's a menace. He should be locked up.

Grandfather George: Ohhh, it's only a house...a ghastly one at that. They should all be burned and bombed and the builder hanged.

Grandfather George: What can you do with four daughters? I asked myself - Four daughters! A string quartet was all I could come up with.