Grandmother Quotes · Page 21

A lot of times people say, 'You act like a grandmother, you're just totally laid back, nothing bothers you.'

— Chamique Holdsclaw

My mum brought me up by herself, pretty much. She had me at the age of 20, and my grandmother was a…

— Jade Bird

If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters.

— Edwidge Danticat

In my private circle I am a mother, grandmother, wife, friend, daughter... the success means nothing to my small tribe.

— Isabel Allende

I learned from my grandmother, because we were cooking a lot for the farm. Breakfast, lunch, dinner.

— Daniel Boulud

My grandmother had a lilac bush at her home in Long Island. I always associate the scent of it with her and…

— Aerin Lauder

I always give my grandkids a couple of quarters when they go home. It's a bargain.

— Gene Perret

My Chinese grandmother was a dressmaker, so I always enjoyed dressing up and looking cool.

— John Rocha

My mom and my grandmother definitely were (Democrat supporters). It wasn't a sense that, "Well, we vote for Democrats no matter what,"…

— Josh Earnest

My grandmother is a Holocaust survivor. Some heroes of mine have long been the Jewish Partisans, these young people who just went…

— Margaret D. Klein

Some people will always ground themselves very strongly in a piece of soil, a grandmother's property, a tiny plot of land, and…

— Pico Iyer

If you only knew, for instance, how much I enjoy being a grandmother! Do you know I'm twice a grandmother? Rajiv and…

— Indira Gandhi

Here's a question we all ask ourselves at least once when we're young: Where does that starlight come from? It's been there…

— Kim Young-ha

“Do you know what most people have from their grandmother? A tea set. Or a quilt.” Curran smiled. “If your family had…

— Ilona Andrews

I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my…

— Cate Blanchett

“I try to act cool. I’ve never had a hand on my thigh, under the table. Cathy—my brother’s wife—is telling a very…

— Charlotte Stein

“Nukuu ya mwandishi wa vitabu wa Brazili, Paulo Coelho, "Tunapopenda tunajitahidi siku zote kuwa wazuri zaidi kuliko jinsi sisi wenyewe tulivyo. Tunapojitahidi…

— Enock Maregesi

Not only my parents but the whole family was involved in the resistance - my grandfather and grandmother, my uncles and aunts,…

— Indira Gandhi

One thing I did have under my belt was, my mother lost her mother when she was 11. She mourned her mother…

— Patti Smith

[After her 18-day disappearance in 1974:] I love my husband very, very much, but he didn't ask me when he ran for…

— Angela Alioto

I collect church collapses, recreationally. Did you see the recent one in Sicily? Marvelous! The facade fell on sixty-five grandmothers at a…

— Thomas Harris

When she left for a third time and returned with a giant box, I started to get irate. "What is this?" I…

— Richelle Mead

Through my grandmother's stories always life moved, moved heroically toward an end. Nobody ever cried in my grandmother's stories. They worked, or…

— Langston Hughes

I think that the language that we use is a ritual, that my [maternal] grandmother was called "Big Mama" is a ritual,…

— Jamilah Lemieux

To become a grandparent is to enjoy one of the few pleasures in life for which the consequences have already been paid.

— Robert Breault

coming to the end of spring / my grandmother kicks off her shoes / steps out of her faltering body.

— Betsy Sholl

The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.

— Doug Larson

Mothers and grandmothers: these are the people that I admire most, not so much chefs.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.

— J. Norman Collie

My grandmother actually was not a lawyer, but it feels like I was surrounded by lawyers.

— Meena Harris

Superhero roles seem to be popular. I'd like to see more female superheroes. How about a grandmother superhero? I'd pay good money…

— Barbara Crampton

“My grandmother had no time for old, no matter how her face crinkled or her days folded like an apron around her…

— April Michelle Bratten

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

— Pam Brown

My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.

— Kajal Aggarwal

My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

My grandmother got into this business in the 1940s, so it's all I've ever known. So I've seen a lot of wrestling.

— Jeff Jarrett

Being a grandmother is probably the most important thing to me. I have two really rambunctious little ones, and I love spending…

— Blythe Danner

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.

— Lois Wyse

Every time I see a cardinal, I know my grandmother is with me. This regal, red bird was Grandma's favorite.

— Kris Carr

Now my grandmother, who used to want sons, says that she does not really want boys anymore. She says I'm the lion…

— Geeta Phogat