When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
“in the wings, as often mothers and grandmothers are, ready to catch the children should they need saving,” — Laura Whitcomb Copy Share Image
Both of my grandmothers were needlewomen, so I grew up around dress design. — Jenny Packham Copy Share Image
“If 9 out of 10 grandmothers selected from 10 respective cultures can agree it is evil, then it's evil. Cut it out.” — Lynda Williams Copy Share Image
When the grandmothers of today hear the word 'Chippendales', they don't necessary think of chairs. — Jean Kerr Copy Share Image
“I still loved Granny. It flowed out of my chest. With Granny gone, where would my love go?” — Jessica Maria Tuccelli Copy Share Image
Both of my grandmothers are aging well, and my mom is, too. I've got some good genes. — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
“I felt that I did not really remember her except through the pain, and I longed for the nails that riveted her… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
My father ran an insurance company, but he passed away when I was 8. My mother was an economist working for the… — Richelieu Dennis Copy Share Image
“... sometimes grandmothers need to do what they think is best for their grandson and practically adopted granddaughter by opening their eyes… — Wendy Mass Copy Share Image
Maybe our grandmothers weren't as stupid as we thought. The family, volunteer work, religion, shaping the hearts and minds of the next… — Myriam Miedzian Copy Share Image
I have a lot of grandmothers come to my shows, and they love me. I don't think there's much being made that… — Nate Bargatze Copy Share Image
Since the time of the witch burnings, the grandmothers and the healers and the midwives have been systematically targeted. And burned at… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the African-American community are raised by grandmothers, and that relationship is a special bond and circle. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
The people whom the sons and daughters find it hardest to understand are the fathers and mothers, but young people can get… — Simeon Strunsky Copy Share Image
Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
In 'Twice Born' I play my character in her 20s, 30s and 50s. For the fifty year old scenes, I had some… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
It's the moms of this nation - single, married, widowed - who really hold this country together. We're the mothers, we're the… — Ann Romney Copy Share Image
“If you were to ask certain of your great-great-great-grandmothers, especially those who had a reputation for shyness, they might tell you some… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
“Summer of the Grandmothers" They come back in their white shifts, their ruffled shawls of salt white, the way the dead always… — Susan Kelly-De Witt Copy Share Image
My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
“Moreover, grandmothers of students who aren't doing so well in class are at even higher risk - students who are failing are… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“It can be said that we are built by many things. Biology and lineage. Grit and moonlight and ocean stone. By fire… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
“[G]randma was always afraid of something. She set aside time each day for dread. And not nameless dread. She was quite specific… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
“Granny Trill and Granny Wallon were traditional ancients of a kind we won’t see today, the last of that dignity of grandmothers… — Laurie Lee Copy Share Image
1 - 2 A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or… — Laura Ingalls Wilder Copy Share Image
“One of the questions asked by al-Balkhi, and often repeated to this day, is this: Why do the children of Israel continue… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“A familiar image of a grim, frozen Russia is the babushka, the old woman, hunched and determined, head wrapped in a scarf.… — Lev Golinkin Copy Share Image
it seems to me that grandmothers have a very special place in the affections of young children. Not obliged, as parents are,… — Miss Read Copy Share Image