Deceiving grandmothers makes for bad juju.

We have ambitions, we go on with our lives. We get married and have families. But I was interested to know what happens to…

— Pankaj Kapur

“Granny Trill and Granny Wallon were traditional ancients of a kind we won’t see today, the last of that dignity of grandmothers to whom…

— Laurie Lee

Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like…

— Valerie Simpson

Young mothers who apply for housing assistance in our nation's capital literally could be grandmothers by the time their application is reviewed.

— Matthew Desmond

“I was lucky to live in the 20th century, when gefilte fish could be purchased in a jar.”

— Barbara "Cutie" Cooper

“A meta-analysis of sixty-six studies completed in 1992 found that mothers who have more support from grandmothers have less stress and more well-adjusted children.…

— Bruce Feiler

“I loved Granny Belmonte, but she didn't need a costume to look undead.”

— Bethany Frenette

There are two types of grandmothers - the ones who feel relieved when they hear the first 'Let's go home' and the ones who…

— Mary Margaret McBride

When I was growing up in Russia, my grandmothers would cook the best pancakes in the world, the best meatballs, the best dumplings.

— Irina Shayk

The best thing about Sassy Seats is that grandmothers cannot figure out how they work and are in constant fear of the child's falling.…

— Anna Quindlen

“... sometimes grandmothers need to do what they think is best for their grandson and practically adopted granddaughter by opening their eyes to different…

— Wendy Mass

My grandmothers are full of memories, smelling of soap and onions and wet clay, with veins rolling roughly over quick hands, they have many…

— Margaret Walker

Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent…

— Carlos Fuentes

The women of today are the thoughts of their mothers and grandmothers, embodied and made alive. They are active, capable, determined and bound to…

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

Everyone has a crazy old lady in their family like 'Mama.' No one ever comes up to me and says 'Mama' is just like…

— Vicki Lawrence