It's the job of grandmothers to interfere.

One might almost fear," writes a thoughtful woman, "seeing how the women of to-day are lightly stirred up to run after some new fashion…

— Samuel Smiles

In my case, both my grandmothers made a huge impact on my early childhood days. But, as I grew older, people rarely made an…

— Sudha Murty

I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth.

— Julie Andrews

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

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

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

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

“... 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

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

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

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