I was named after my Jewish grandfather who left Poland early in the 20th century. What I knew from an early age… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
My grandma's name was Bernice Salmon - like the fish. When I was growing up, she was my rock. My mom was… — Jade Cargill Copy Share Image
At one time, when I was eight years old, my mother and father, my brother and my sisters - we had to… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Grandmother Hannah comes to me at Pesach and when I am lighting the sabbath candles. The sweet wine in the cup has… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
“And like that, I said goodbye to my grandmother like we were two people who met in a coffee shop, shared a… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I don't feel worthy but then I look at my reflection and see my daughter, mother and grandmother who are worthy… — Alexandra Elle Copy Share Image
I grew up in Harlem. My grandmother was one of the best cooks around, but the first thing she did on Sunday… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
“The boat was vacuum-packed with Albanians, four generations to a family: great-grandmother, air-dried like a chilli pepper, deep red skin and a… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
They wouldn’t even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
My grandmother told me once that when you lose somebody you think you've lost the whole world as well, but that's not… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Men call women faithless, changeable, and though they say it in jealousy of their own ever-threatened sexual honor, there is some truth… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Ultimately all hominids came from Africa, and therefore everyone in America should simply check the box next to 'African-American.' My maternal grandmother… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“Her grandmother had a life, a life Claire hadn't known about or even imagined. She had tried so hard to know everything… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“My Grandmother's Love Letters" There are no stars tonight But those of memory. Yet how much room for memory there is In… — Hart Crane Copy Share Image
I was raised in bars. My grandmother had one, and when I was 12 years old I'd go stay with her and… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
If a studio is going to offer me the opportunity to invite my mother and grandmother and all my friends to visit… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
When I was 11, I went to Puerto Rico for a month to stay with my grandmother. To see the way people… — Andrea Navedo Copy Share Image
When you a ghetto star, when you a hood star, you gonna take care of your grandmother, your mother. When you on… — Young Jeezy Copy Share Image
On the way to the delivery room, I almost changed my mind about having a baby. I wouldn't have found it so… — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
I can't cook! It's genetic. My grandmother can't cook, my mother can't cook. I was raised to believe you eat because your… — Jada Pinkett Smith Copy Share Image
In the world according to her father, Jenny Garp knew, we must have energy. Her famous grandmother, Jenny Fields, once thought of… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Do you do this too sometimes?” the grandmother suddenly asked. “Check on old photos to see whether the faces of the deceased… — Nina George Copy Share Image
One of my early childhood memories was my grandmother always having a bowl of Nestle chocolate bars at her house. My sister… — Carla Hall Copy Share Image
Being an impatient person, I wanted to do what my grandmother said: "Do as much as you can as fast as you… — Farrah Gray Copy Share Image
For me it's just so exciting to have a daughter because I do think she will have even more opportunities than I… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
I had my American family and I had my English family and my English grandmother was very interested in me performing and… — Florence And The Machine Copy Share Image
A very long time ago, Grandmother had wanted to tell about all the things they did, but no one had bothered to… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
I'm not really into comfort books. There are too many of those as it is. Just sort of narcotic books, like my… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
When my father came out to his mom, my grandmother said, 'You waited for your father to die; why couldn't you have… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I grew up in a house full of women: my mother, grandmother, three sisters, and two female cats. And I still have… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“Your grandmother once told me that the problems we face in life are windows, from which we can view the beauty of… — Peggy M. McAloon Copy Share Image
Our feminist culture at the present moment is completely dependent on capitalism. My grandmother was sill scrubbing clothes on the back porch… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things I discovered, talking about your grandmother, is I did a search of my uses of the word… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I don't think people should be fed mesclun salad and chicken breast. My grandmother would serve grits and oxtail stew at a… — Marjorie Gubelmann Copy Share Image
When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing. And so, laughing and crying,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I was lucky. My grandmother stepped up for me and said she would take responsibility for me and a compassionate juvenile judge… — Bob Beamon Copy Share Image
I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think if you were to talk to women who have run, both successfully and unsuccessfully, nearly all of them would say,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
