Quotes about grand
grandmother long enough
I hope to live long enough to be the great-grandmother of all agitators. Mother Jones
grandmother faces mouths
In every person's face, there is one place that seems to express them most accurately. With my grandmother, you always looked at her mouth. Mona Simpson
grandparent goofy terrific
It's funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you'd do. It's terrific. Mike Krzyzewski
grandmother average years
Studies have shown that an ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother. Terry Pratchett
grandmother stable my-grandmother
I always say I lived my life with my grandmother. She was emotionally stable, and she was very encouraging to me. Marc Jacobs
grandmother people next
My grandmother was amazing. She completely believed in me and was very encouraging. She would go to the supermarket or the butcher or wherever and tell people, 'My grandson is going to be the next Calvin Klein.'
grandmother past voice
Cassandra wondered at the mind's cruel ability to toss up flecks of the past. Why, as she neared her life's end, her grandmother's head should ring with the voices of people long since gone. Was it always this way? Did those with passage booked on death's silent ship always scan the dock for faces of the long-departed? Kate Morton
grandfather autobiography died
My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished mine. Karrine Steffans
grandmother stories taught
Through my grandmother's stories always life moved, moved heroically toward an end. Nobody ever cried in my grandmother's stories. They worked, or schemed, or fought. But no crying. When my grandmother died, I didn't cry, either. Something about my grandmother's stories (without her ever having said so) taught me the uselessness of crying about anything." Langston Hughes
grandmother sheep racism
I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism. Lisa Bonet
grandmother smallest my-grandmother
My grandmother valued even the smallest of things. Koichi Tanaka
grandfather strange
In a strange way, becoming a grandfather is like starting your life over. Kenny Wallace
grandmother thinking talking
You need to understand this. We did not think we owned the land. The land was part of us. We didn't even know about owning the land. It is like talking about owning your grandmother - you can't own your grandmother. She just is your grandmother. Why would you talk about owning her? Kent Nerburn
grandfather trying sides
You start Saul, and end up Paul,' my grandfather had often said. 'When you're a youngun, you Saul, but let life whup your head a bit and you starts to trying to be Paul - though you still Sauls around on the side. Ralph Ellison
grandmother grandparent african-american
I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
grandmother science men
The terrible tabulation of the French statists brings every piece of whim and humor to be reducible also to exact numerical ratios. If one man in twenty thousand, or in thirty thousand, eats shoes, or marries his grandmother, then, in every twenty thousand, or thirty thousand, is found one man who eats shoes, or marries his grandmother. Ralph Waldo Emerson
grandmother trying my-grandmother
Failure isn't really an option because, as my grandmother used to say, "Nothing beats a failure but a try." Joy Bryant
grandmother roof my-grandmother
I grew up in the South Bronx, raised by my grandmother, who scrapped and scraped to make sure I had a roof over my head and food in my stomach. I was painfully aware of what it was like to live with limited resources and a certain level of uncertainty.
grandmother green buying
With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that, although we had no green, my grandmother was actually the 'greenest' person I've ever known.
grandmother age fifteen
At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general. Jung Chang
grandmother saving charity
My grandmother always said, 'when you receive a paycheck, you always have to put a certain amount to your savings, and 10 percent right away to charity.' Patrick Schwarzenegger
grandmother people anxious
We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary.' What is that, grandmother?' To understand other people.' Yes, grandmother. I must be fair - for if I'm not fair to other people, I'm not worth being understood myself. I see. George MacDonald
grandmother people purpose
My grandmother always acted in other people's interests, whether they wanted her to or not. If they'd had an Olympics in martyrdom my grandmother would have lost on purpose. Emily Levine
grandmother grandfather great-grandfather
My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University. Joe Biden
grandmother auntie graves
I absolutely will not allow anyone to call me grandmother. They can call me Auntie Joan, Dee-Dee, Cho-Cho, anything but grandmother. It pushes a woman almost to the grave. Joan Crawford
grandmother actresses blame
I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress. Joan Collins
grandmother want taste
Grandmothers are to life what the Ph.D. is to education. There is nothing you can feel, taste, expect, predict, or want that the grandmothers in your family do not know about in detail. Lois Wyse
grandmother grandchildren grandpa
If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.
grandmother grandparent house
Every house needs a grandmother in it. Louisa May Alcott
grandfather england accepted
I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep. John F. Kennedy
grandfather albatross company
If (my grandfather) hadn't left, I'd be working over here at the Albatross Company.
grandmother past thinking
After my parents passed away - in 2000 and 2003 - I felt I could take the time to think about the past and imagine what it would have been like to be my grandmother. Joyce Carol Oates
grandmother two julia
I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. Julie Andrews