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title: "7 Grandmas and moms Quotes By Gene Perret"
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> [On the seventh day God rested. His grandchildren must have been out of town.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/on-the-seventh-day-god-rested-his-grandchildren-must-have-been-out-of/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

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> ["You're more trouble than the children are" is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/you-re-more-trouble-than-the-children-are-is-the-greatest-compliment/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

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> [What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/what-a-bargain-grandchildren-are-i-give-them-my-loose-change-and-they/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

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> [My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/my-grandkids-believe-i-m-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world-and-after-two/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

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> [An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/an-hour-with-your-grandchildren-can-make-you-feel-young-again/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

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> [I don't intentionally spoil my grandkids. It's just that correcting them often takes more energy than I have left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/i-don-t-intentionally-spoil-my-grandkids-it-s-just-that-correcting/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

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> [I always give my grandkids a couple of quarters when they go home. It's a bargain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/i-always-give-my-grandkids-a-couple-of-quarters-when-they-go-home-it/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

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## More by Gene Perret

> [Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/retirement-is-wonderful-it-s-doing-nothing-without-worrying-about/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [He has a brain like Einstein's - dead since 1955](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/he-has-a-brain-like-einstein-s-dead-since-1955/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [In my retirement I go for a short swim at least once or twice every day. It's either that or buy a new golf…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/in-my-retirement-i-go-for-a-short-swim-at-least-once-or-twice-every/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [Retirement: That's when you return from work one day and say, "Hi, Honey, I'm home - forever."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/retirement-that-s-when-you-return-from-work-one-day-and-say-hi-honey/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [When you retire, you switch bosses - from the one who hired you to the one who married you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/when-you-retire-you-switch-bosses-from-the-one-who-hired-you-to-the/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [On the seventh day God rested. His grandchildren must have been out of town.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/on-the-seventh-day-god-rested-his-grandchildren-must-have-been-out-of/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> ["You're more trouble than the children are" is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/you-re-more-trouble-than-the-children-are-is-the-greatest-compliment/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [Education can get you the only thing that really matters in today's world--an assigned parking space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/education-can-get-you-the-only-thing-that-really-matters-in-today-s/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/what-a-bargain-grandchildren-are-i-give-them-my-loose-change-and-they/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [Like good wine, marriage gets better with age - once you learn to keep a cork in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/like-good-wine-marriage-gets-better-with-age-once-you-learn-to-keep-a/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [I like to do nice things for my grandchildren - like buy them those toys I've always wanted to play with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/i-like-to-do-nice-things-for-my-grandchildren-like-buy-them-those/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/grandchildren-the-only-people-who-can-get-more-out-of-you-than-the-irs/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [It's time to diet and exercise when you accept the fact that you can fool some of the people all of the time and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/it-s-time-to-diet-and-exercise-when-you-accept-the-fact-that-you-can/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [Retirement means no pressure, no stress, no heartache... unless you play golf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/retirement-means-no-pressure-no-stress-no-heartache-unless-you-play/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

> [My grandchild has taught me what true love means. It means watching Scooby-Doo cartoons while the basketball game is on another channel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-perret/my-grandchild-has-taught-me-what-true-love-means-it-means-watching/)

[Gene Perret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-perret/)

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