My grandmother was born in 1900, and she would regale me with tales I call 'Little House on the Prairie' tales, but… — David Alan Grier Copy Share Image
“Nor did she merely smile, she glowed with inner goodness that made him think of the vast iron cookstove in his grandmother's… — Charlotte MacLeod Copy Share Image
I just remembered songs my grandmother taught me, and songs that I learned for the recordings. But, then I learned to speak… — Connie Francis Copy Share Image
You’re going to be my grandmother.” “You silly child. In my heart, I’ve been your grandmother for years. I’ve just been waiting… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I see my sisters, my mother, my grandmother. I like the way I look. I think I have a nice face. I… — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
My grandmother she an angel and she has a heart of gold her love is like an angel with wings on hold… — Aisha Copy Share Image
Perhaps we are born knowing the tales of our grandmothers and all their ancestral kin continually run in our blood repeating them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Beauty is startling. She wears a gold shawl in the summer and sells seven kinds of honey at the flea market. She… — J. Ruth Gendler Copy Share Image
There is now a patent restricting the use of an herb called philantis neruri for curing jaundice. An even more blatant example… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving. It proved you had survived another year with its wars, inflation, unemployment, smog, presidents. It was a grand neurotic gathering of… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I was always a person on my mother's hip in the kitchen. My mom really wanted her kids at her side as… — Rachael Ray Copy Share Image
If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“You are a beacon for us. One of the most powerful." "I'm not," I say softly. "Not anymore." Smiling, my grandmother presses… — Carolyn MacCullough Copy Share Image
I was raised by all women. I had no men in my life; it was my mom, my sister, and my grandmother.… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
I went to Catholic high school, so my being in this [the craft] is not going to make my grandmother very happy.… — Robin Tunney Copy Share Image
My grandmother made her home at Fox How under the shelter of the fells, with her four daughters, the youngest of whom… — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
I watched a ton of TV because I was raised by a single mom and spent a lot of time with my… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
“Don't be impertinent, girl. I'm your elder and don't you forget it!" "Since I'm looking right at you I'm not likely to… — Jacqueline M. Battisti Copy Share Image
The best advice I've heard was from a lady in her 80s at my grandmother's 90th birthday. I was telling her how… — Davina McCall Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women… — Anthony Minghella Copy Share Image
My grandmother always said, 'when you receive a paycheck, you always have to put a certain amount to your savings, and 10… — Patrick Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
It's funny because the most sane women I've ever met are my mom and my grandmothers. I think you have to be… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
Food has always been in my life. Being born in Ethiopia, where there was a lack of food, and then really cooking… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
[In tribute to his grandmother] She still talks to me now, only now she talks to me in my dreams. And I… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
It seems unlikely that a 70-something-year-old grandmother could be one of Britain's most iconic celebrities, but Mary Berry defies all expectations. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
My grandmother used to have horses, so she'd get the sled out, have all us kids ride. We'd play music together. My… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
But when my grandmother saw me plucking [my eyebrows] she said: 'Don't. You will regret it. One day you will wake up… — Natalia Vodianova Copy Share Image
“When my mother died, I thought I’d drown in sorrow. But my grandmother said something very wise, and I’ve always held it… — Teresa Frohock Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather started in the coal mines, and my great grandmother made 10 pounds of bread every Saturday morning that we delivered… — Heather Bresch Copy Share Image
I grew up in a society with a very ancient and strong oral storytelling tradition. I was told stories, as a child,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“My grandmother used to say God gives us drought years-years drained of happiness-to prepare us for bounteous times. I'm more than ready… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I remember seeing Janet McTeer in A Doll's House. My grandmother took me and we had seats in the very back row,… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
My mother would have been so crazy about my grandchildren. She was a fabulous grandmother, and she would have been absolutely crazed… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
I use the phrase 'sibling society' to suggest a culture fundamentally without fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, or ancestors. The thinking is horizontal. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there… — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
I look at my grandmother, and she has this grace and class about her. When she walks into a room and sits… — Brie Bella Copy Share Image
Grandmothers are to life what the Ph.D. is to education. There is nothing you can feel, taste, expect, predict, or want that… — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
It reminds me of how grandmother always had the right costume for me to wear. You wear the right outfit and you… — John Boyne Copy Share Image