Would Grandmother scold him? Would she say, “Frank! Thank the gods, you've come. I'm surrounded by monsters.” More likely she'd scold him,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I'm half-Welsh, half-Russian. My maternal grandmother is Russian. I've very much a mongrel, which is good in a way because it makes… — Sophia Myles Copy Share Image
My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
My maternal grandmother made fantastic ox tongue with velvety roasted potatoes. She cooked sweet red cabbage and lovely cauliflower with butter and… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that,… — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
My grandmother would sing in the choir, while my dad - while he was in college - sang and recorded with a… — Keri Hilson Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a flight attendant; my mother had a pilot's license, and my grandfather was a pilot. That's how my grandmother… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
“My grandmother, who, when I visited, stared at me with the staggering, arrogant stare of the dying, the wise vapidity of the… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
As a child he had grown up without a mother or even a grandmother. He had never really explored emotional relationships or… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
“Then one last thought tugs at me, so I turn back. "So why did you name me Tamsin?" I ask. "You always… — Carolyn MacCullough Copy Share Image
Now, for Romney to believe that somebody's grandmother is going to be so cut off she is going to self deport... He… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Ever since the Evil Empire turned out to be a collection of third-world countries, Americans aligned on the far right have tried… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“We, the daughters of Melusina,” she corrects me. “Your grandmother was a daughter of the water goddess of the royal house of… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“My mother likes odd numbers and is suspicious of the even ones. She reads a new book every week and is bewitched… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
Race doesn't mean what it used to in America anymore. It just doesn't. Obama's black, but he's not black the way people… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
“The moment we walk into the suite, Tommy descends on us. “The Queen’s on the line. On Skype, Your Grace.” Anxiety rings… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
Each new generation builds on the work of the previous one, gaining new perspective. New verbs are introduced. We Google strange and… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The sense of being Jewish never left me, but when my grandmother died, I rebelled against Judaism as I knew it then,… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
My grandmother knew nothing about sports. She still didn't even when I went to the NBA. She never really cared too much… — Baron Davis Copy Share Image
Many forms, sizes and colors, I think there are heroes in sports, in life...It would be cliché to say my dad, my… — George Eads Copy Share Image
Everybody has a Big Momma: the mother or the grandmother who tells it like it is, keeps it real with them, isn't… — Martin Lawrence Copy Share Image
How are we supposed to get old? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to get old? My kids tell… — Andie MacDowell Copy Share Image
My grandmother was content to sit in the back yard wearing her old, wide-brimmed summer hat and occasionally getting up to feed… — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother, the disciplined resentment of… — Adam Clayton Powell, Jr Copy Share Image
I credit my grandmother for teaching me to love and respect food. She taught me how to waste nothing, to make sure… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
After my grandmother passed away, I felt the urge to take my camera to her flat. I knew this flat from my… — Arnon Goldfinger Copy Share Image
My models were oral, were storytellers. Like my grandmothers and my aunts. It's true, a lot of people in my life were… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I remember my grandmother used to always say, 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket.' But when I realized that music… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
My own grandmother went to great lengths to make sure I knew simple things like how and when to open the door… — Ronnie Dunn Copy Share Image
My two grandmothers both died of cancer, so I understand how painful and difficult this disease is on the entire family. My… — Gisele Bundchen Copy Share Image
My grandmother used to really love fashion, and she always had Chanel No. 5 on her dressing table, and Chanel bags. That's… — Poppy Delevingne Copy Share Image
My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met… — Alexis Denisof Copy Share Image
Don't eat anything your great-great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. There are a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“As the grandmother, mother and girl said their good-byes and went on their way, Perdu reflected that it was a common misconception… — Nina George Copy Share Image
In my case, both my grandmothers made a huge impact on my early childhood days. But, as I grew older, people rarely… — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
Living with my grandmother in Bath, I sort of thought I was living in the 19th century. My grandmother was someone who,… — Charles Palliser Copy Share Image
I had a baby at 19 and was a grandmother by 39. Now, my children lend me their children to take them… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink.… — Emanuel Celler Copy Share Image
Becoming a grandmother brought me back to the things I forgot to love. Nature. Playing. Seeing animals. A new way of looking.… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
