I didn't actually even really know my grandmother; I must…

I wanted people to know that my grandmother was the reason why I did comedy in the first place. She pushed me to really…

— Jermaine Fowler

When my grandmother died, I realized that even if I had millions of dollars, I couldn't find her anywhere on earth. My next thought…

— Maya Angelou

“No, certainly he didn’t. Not actually. He couldn’t, not very well, since he didn’t know. But he would have. It amounts to the same…

— Nella Larsen

“She wouldn’t tell me his name,” said Ackroyd slowly. “As a matter of fact, she didn’t actually say that it was a man. But…

— Agatha Christie

So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.

— Herbie Hancock

A lot of times when I say I didn't do anything I was actually in Miami doing a show.

— Girl Talk

I didn't actually start having sex until I was 23.

— Kathy Burke

I would lie, because no one would know me anyway. My grandmother convinced me to be proud of what I do.

— Andy Hallett

You know what my grandmother said, eventually: 'When a man beats you, he doesn't like you. He has women issues and it starts probably…

— Michel'le

“Too many men have died in the name of old age. I know, because my grandmother was one of them.”

— Jarod Kintz

In almost the same way you know what your grandmother looks and sounds like, you know what Bruce Willis looks and sounds like.

— Rian Johnson

In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively…

— Tea Obreht

My grandmother died when my mother was just 11 years old, and consequently, my mother never learned how to cook particularly well.

— Jami Attenberg

What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into the political…

— Rahul Gandhi

I remember the words of my grandmother who died at 102. I remember my great mother, Grand Brika, who died at the age of…

— John Kani