Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at… — Fanny Fern Copy Share Image
“Then my abuelita booms out words, loud and clear. She always says the words should be round as dimes and as wild… — Tony Johnston Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a giant of a man ... When he walked, the earth shook. When he laughed, the birds fell out… — Eth Clifford Copy Share Image
If your grandparents are Mexican, you can relate through the roots of the show [Top Chef], through the food, through the traditions… — Ana Claudia Talancon Copy Share Image
Oftentimes when kids are left with their grandparents they're not agile enough to keep up with all of the things that they're… — Loretta Devine Copy Share Image
My grandparents came worked hard, and I believe they never regretted their decision to come here and make a new start. — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
Childhood was fairly solitary. I grew up in a very small town called Navan in County Meath. I never knew my father.… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken… — Chaske Spencer Copy Share Image
Nothing ensures the success of the child more in the society than being read to from infancy to young adulthood. Reading books… — Anita Silvey Copy Share Image
People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors. They may not be old… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
We are not primitive. We live differently to you, but we do not live exactly like our grandparents did, nor do you.… — Roy Sesana Copy Share Image
My grandparents in Istria had a frasca, which is about the most basic kind of grocery/restaurant. They sold wine from their own… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
I was raised by my grandparents, and they always made sure that I had a pencil and some paper, whether we were… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
Grandparents can have a profound influence on their grandchildren. Their time is generally not as encumbered and busy as the parents', so… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Even though fathers, grandparents, siblings, memories of ancestors are important agents of socialization, our society focuses on the attributes and characteristics of… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
The people that does not care for its children or grandparents is a people that has not future. Because it doesn't have… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Money is a life skill – and as parents, grandparents, interested adults – it's up to us to make sure our children… — Sharon Lechter Copy Share Image
I used to try to pick locks because I grew up on my grandparents' farm and I started my own little spy… — Odette Annable Copy Share Image
There's something unsettling about the education of a child who comfortably enumerates the rules for surviving zombie apocalypse but finds it uncomfortable… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Two things I dislike about my granddaughter - when she won't take her afternoon nap, and when she won't let me take… — Gene Perret Copy Share Image
My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my… — Clare Bowen Copy Share Image
A child who has a grandparent has a softened view of life, the feeling that there is more to life than what… — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
Imagine that everything you are typing is being read by the person you are applying to for your first job. Imagine that… — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When I'm at my grandparents', I know I literally have to do nothing but relax, enjoy myself, and enjoy my family members'… — Tyson Chandler Copy Share Image
Younger Cuban Americans who have decided to go to the island always come back telling me "that isn't the country my grandparents… — Mark Falcoff Copy Share Image
Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I'd rather do manual labor than sit behind a desk. And as my grandparents got older, I'd fly out there and help… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
How come you don't work fourteen hours a day? Your great-great-grandparents did. How come you only work the eight-hour day? Four guys… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
Dear Grandmamma, with what we give. We humbly pray that you may live. For many, many happy years: Although you bore us… — Hilaire Belloc 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
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
My grandma's the most careful, safe driver in the world. You put her in a rental car, and she's doing doughnuts in… — Jeff Foxworthy Copy Share Image
My grandparents all came from Lithuania to South Africa. My first novel, Middlepost, is a fictional account of that journey. — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the… — Philippe Perrin Copy Share Image
They are our future, and we must have a dialogue. This dialogue between the past and the future is important. Because of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I think immigration has been one of the vital things about the growth of America. I'm the product of grandparents who all… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image