The priest's lesson: beware the Nightlord, for his pleasure is a mortal's doom. My grandmother's lesson: beware love, especially with the wrong… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
I want to photograph the considerable ceremonies of our present. I want to gather them, like somebody's grandmother putting up preserves, because… — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
My grandmother lives on a farm. And growing up, I assumed that the animals that I was eating and the animals that… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my… — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I… — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
My grandmother, if she were still alive, she'd be very proud that I held through and did a film in Korean and… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I have always loved lipstick. For women, that love comes from our mother and grandmothers. It's so natural for a woman to… — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
I was reared in a Jehovah's Witness household. I was taught that every man should be judged by his deeds and not… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
He [Alan Lomax] started right off trying to find people who could introduce folk songs to city people. He found a young… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“Grandmother, what long ears you have.” “The better to hear you with, my dear. You’ll see, when you’re as old as I… — Vivienne Savage Copy Share Image
When the feminist movement was at its zenith in the late 60's and early 70's, there was a lot of moving away… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Every day before supper and before we went to services on Sundays. My grandmother would read the Bible to me, and my… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
My grandmother has strongly influenced my approach to beauty. She has always cared for her skin by cleansing and washing her face… — Emilia Wickstead Copy Share Image
“A few hours later, Françoise was able for the last time, and without causing pain, to comb that beautiful hair, which was… — PROUST MARCEL Copy Share Image
Originally the structure was . . . a modern narrator who would appear intermittently and talk about his memories of his grandmother,… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
The thing that always attracted me to New York was the sense of being in a place where a lot of people… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I definitely want to be a doting grandmother. I love babies. My colleagues will tell you if I'm in an arena and… — Doris Burke Copy Share Image
My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India,… — Jack Davenport Copy Share Image
I've been brought up in a very strong female-oriented household with my mother, grandmother and grandaunt around me. They were working women,… — Esha Deol Copy Share Image
“my grandmother has given me her own version of the precious gift: the most precious gift any teenager coul ask for: MY… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a very simple woman. She didn't want a whole lot. My grandmother wanted to go to church and Sunday… — Shannon Sharpe Copy Share Image
I'm pretty money savvy. My dad made me read 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' when I was 12 - this investing book about… — Cobie Smulders Copy Share Image
I'm a guy who was born in Cincinnati and whose entire family except for my mother still lives in Cincinnati - my… — Tom Herman Copy Share Image
I have lived with extraordinary women, whether it was my grandmother, my mother. My father passed away when I was 16... I… — Christine Lagarde Copy Share Image
There are two types of grandmothers - the ones who feel relieved when they hear the first 'Let's go home' and the… — Mary Margaret McBride Copy Share Image
I hate it when something is set in 1967 and every piece of furniture was made in 1967. No! If it's set… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
My parents didn't have records, they didn't have radios, and they didn't listen to music. My grandmother was my main connection to… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
She [Eleanor Roosevelt]wants a life of her own. Her grandmother could have been a painter. Her grandmother could have done so much… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100… — Compay Segundo Copy Share Image
The challenging of repression by a new generation of activists - from Malala Yousafzai to Pussy Riot - across the globe reminded… — Sarah Gavron Copy Share Image
“I knew the importance of listening from my younger days spent with my own grandmother. She taught me the importance of listening,… — Murray Sinclair Copy Share Image
A grandparent is old on the outside but young on the inside. If your baby is "beautiful and perfect, never cries or… — Teresa Bloomingdale Copy Share Image
My grandfather, Harry Ferguson, was a butcher in Hill of Beath; so even though my grandparents lived in some poverty, we got… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share Image
My grandmother used to say that there's something truly intimate about sharing food with the people you love." [Stacey] "Intimate? Sharing food?… — Laurie Faria Stolarz Copy Share Image
I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
Admittedly, the masturbation story is just a "Hey, this is one of my best-of's, I'll throw it in the special." But the… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
“A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in… — hunter s Thompson Copy Share Image
My grandmother - among other women in my life - had such an effortless sense of confidence, in terms of style. It… — Alex Consani Copy Share Image
If I had a time machine I would go back 30 years and show up at my grandmother's apartment before the gargantuan… — Mo Rocca Copy Share Image
My grandmother could never have written a memoir, so 'The Gravedigger's Daughter' is a homage to her life, and to the lives… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image