In my grandmother's house there was always chicken soup And talk of the old country--mud and boards, Poverty, The snow falling down… — Louis Simpson Copy Share Image
I don't do drugs. Because my grandmother raised me. I think like an old, black, Southern woman. If I'd have done coke,… — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
As a child, I went to peace and ERA marches on the back of my mom and grandmother. Through them I learned… — Abigail Washburn Copy Share Image
My grandmother would shanghai pilots at the Havana airport so they'd bring me cartons of mango baby food - the only kind… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I learned from my grandmother, who grew up in devastating war times, how important it is to keep with tradition and celebrate… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
Though I was a mother at 21, being a grandmother makes the whole thing absolutely normal and gorgeous. The relief, the joy… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Franny Armstrong is a mother of three and a grandmother of four. Her husband supports her imagination and has the patience of… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
Here is the full list of the banned words I used: active homosexual; career women; Third World; blacks; Asians; Australasia; Bangalore; primitive… — Rod Liddle Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm more politically-based as much as socially-based. My grandmother died on February 29th, and she kept all of my… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
One realizes that human relationships are the tragic necessity of human life; that they can never be wholly satisfactory, that every ego… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
At a certain point the family moved to Jaipur, where no woman could avoid the doli or purdah. They kept her in… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
It was just how my parents treated me. It was the world they decided to show me. I was really sheltered. My… — Trevor Noah 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
It has affected me very much in the last 10 years. I get it from my grandmother. She was very superstitious as… — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
My great-great grandmother who came from Norway to America came for economic freedom, but importantly she also came for religious freedom. It… — Steve Daines Copy Share Image
My grandmother and my mother were both told to stop working and take an anonymous role in society when they got married.… — Grace Dent Copy Share Image
“Grandmamma had been the last connection to our past. I had understood her as some referent moral authority to whom we paid… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
Flustered, she replied, "You're not my - my - grandmother, or something." "You'd talk about this with your grandmother? I can't possibly… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
When I was a kid we'd go and visit my grandmother, and my dad is one of eight so they'd all be… — Karen Kilgariff Copy Share Image
I grew up in a house that was the traditional African-American home that was dominated by a matriarch, and that matriarch was… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of experience with anorexia - my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
It felt like love to me. It embraced me. I accepted it and thought, "Well, this is how [Dre] loves." I got… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
It was a very odd household, because the grandmothers were so different. Both of them had their own pianos. So it would… — Diane Cilento Copy Share Image
Believe me, lady, my strength is the one thing I never doubt. (Vane) It’s amazing the lies we tell other people, isn’t… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
And her [Eleanor Roosevelt] Grandmother Hall provided her really with a quite wonderful education, and a freedom that, within the framework of… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
My grandmother had a motto that you should never look down on people unless you are helping them up, and I think… — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
I find myself getting so upset because I was never able to be a good mother for my daughter or a good… — Dorothy Moore Copy Share Image
When I was a little girl, and we would visit my grandmother whenever we were in D.C., she would always greet us… — Meghan McCain Copy Share Image
I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it's not like I… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
When I was very little, four or five, I did comic strip drawings, so my first novel had no words. I couldn't… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
My mother dropped us off at a foster care centre when I was just two. But my grandmother ended up fighting for… — Tori Bowie Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a teacher, my grandmother on my mom's side, four of my aunts, my sister-in-law, my best friend. So I've… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
I imagine witches to be people who sit around like my witty grandmother, people who are injustice collectors or humiliation collectors. I… — Lore Segal Copy Share Image
Today, when I asked my grandfather for some relationship advice he said: Honestly, the moment I stopped trying to find the right… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My grandmother spent her whole life working as a maid, a cook and a babysitter, barely scraping by, but still working hard… — Julian Castro Copy Share Image
Ever since time began: What song is not about love? Whether it's about love from man to woman or parent to child,… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I do know that when my children are older and telling their own children about their grandmother, they will be able to… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
There is a tradition in Southern cooking of recipes handed down for generations. And when I make my grandmother's strawberry pie I… — Kimberly Schlapman Copy Share Image
I had my father's mind, but he had his mother's mind. Fortunately, his mother lived with us and so I early realized… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
![“At a certain point the family moved to Jaipur, where no woman could avoid the doli or purdah. They kept her in the house from morning to night, either cooking or doing nothing. [My mother] hated doing nothing, she hated to cook. So she became pale and ill, and far from being concerned about her…” quote by Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c3a/indira-gandhi-1113_brother_at-a-certain-point-the-family-moved-to-j_2199085.jpg)
![“He [Alan Lomax] started right off trying to find people who could introduce folk songs to city people. He found a young actor named Burl Ives and said, "Burl, you know a lot of great country songs learned from your grandmother, don't you know people would love to hear them?" He put on radio…” quote by Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/59e/pete-seeger-1942_actors_he-alan-lomax-started-right-off-trying-t_1712245.jpg)
![“It felt like love to me. It embraced me. I accepted it and thought, "Well, this is how [Dre] loves." I got that from my mother and from my grandmother, who were abused.” quote by Michel'le](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c0f/michel-le-8055_accepted_it-felt-like-love-to-me-it-embraced-me-i_397045.jpg)
![“And her [Eleanor Roosevelt] Grandmother Hall provided her really with a quite wonderful education, and a freedom that, within the framework of Tivoli (which is a framework of discipline and order) is also a very encouraging and loving one.” quote by Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/307/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_discipline_and-her-eleanor-roosevelt-grandmother-ha_759497.jpg)
