One might almost fear," writes a thoughtful woman, "seeing how the women of to-day are lightly stirred up to run after some… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
I started playing on my grandmother's organ at a really young age. I learned 'Chopsticks' and that kind of thing, but I… — Jordan Fisher Copy Share Image
I love being around my family. I am very close to my mum, my brother, my grandmother, my aunts - we constantly… — Jourdan Dunn Copy Share Image
When the chips are down, grandmothers can be counted on to do whatever's necessary. When the chips are down for grandfathers, we… — Mike Milligan Copy Share Image
I am indebted to [my grandmothers] always for cradling me in the heart of Christ and encouraging my passion to press towards… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
I beg of you, you good people who want to hear stories told: look at this page and recognize the wisdom of… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
“Your granddad, your grandmother, your mom and dad, your brothers and sisters. There’s nothing more valuable than them. There’s no dollar figure… — Peter Cawdron Copy Share Image
Through my grandmother's eyes, I can see more clearly the way things used to be, the way things ought to be, and… — Ed Cunningham Copy Share Image
I was always a feminist. My mother was a feminist; my grandmother was a feminist. I always understood women had to fight… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
The moment in which the narrator, reaching for his boots, becomes vividly and lastingly aware of the finality of his grandmother's death… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
The whole guilt thing of not feeling Mexican enough was a big deal, too. On the one hand, you have your grandmother… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
When my stepmother had my sister, Katharine Hepburn dropped by to say hello. She came with George Cukor, who wasn't a star,… — Tony Goldwyn Copy Share Image
“I smoothed my grandmother’s starched white damask cloth over the battered pine harvest table in the dining room, and with my fingertips,… — Mary Kay Andrews Copy Share Image
I wrote my first play as extra credit for my fourth grade English class. 'Can Helen Stop Smoking' was a satire on… — T'Keyah Crystal Keymah Copy Share Image
My grandmother always used to wear this English perfume called Tuberose and then she died and then I dated this girl who… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
“Hazel squinted. “How far?” “Just over the river and through the woods.” Percy raised an eyebrow. “Seriously? To Grandmother’s house we go?”… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Anthropology is separated from mass reading, and that is something that bothered Margaret Mead. She always said that she wrote everything for… — Lily King Copy Share Image
“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all… — Rebecca Copy Share Image
My grandmother started as a ticket-taker and basically became the CFO of my dad's company. It was a very important first impression… — Jeff Jarrett Copy Share Image
I always make sure there’s an opening in my room - an inch at the door, or maybe even at the window.… — Tablo Copy Share Image
My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination.… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
Those people on the other side, they will answer any question about climate change by saying, 'I’m not a scientist.' Well, I’m… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
It follows that if you are not a mother you are not a grandmother. Your life has become unpunctuated, whereas the lives… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“My grandmother smiled, and that was all it took for me to stop seeing the scar, and to recognize her again. “Yes,”… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Eventually, as her grandmother’s sobs softened, she pulled her away and – looking deeply into the clouds of her grey eyes –… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
Cod and clementine is one of the things my grandmother cooked for my mum when she was a child. Never one for… — Nadiya Hussain Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York, and I've always been surrounded by fashion. My grandmother used to write for 'Vogue' in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My grandmother would let me stand on a stool stirring gravy in a large roasting dish in front of a wood-fired stove… — John Torode Copy Share Image
I thought, If I'm an ancestor and grandmother when I'm twenty-five, I should go peacefully to the real time when I'm an… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
Because parents are transients in the maternity care system, there is little cumulative birth experience over successive generations of mothers. Women giving… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
The tattoos are about my grandmother dying, and they tell the story about my mother and father, my brothers and my sister,… — Timothy F. Cahill Copy Share Image
What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into… — Rahul Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It really was my grandmother’s,” he said, deadpan. “No kidding?” she responded, not caring if it belonged to Hitler, just wanting to… — Suzanne Jenkins Copy Share Image
Although my grandmother was a strict parent and abided my grandfather's kosher diet, as a Nana, she had grown away from religion… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
This is a place where grandmothers hold babies on their laps under the stars and whisper in their ears that the lights… — Rick Bragg Copy Share Image
We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those soaps and now, a… — Jack Wagner Copy Share Image
My grandmother, Betty Bertha Bright, lived in the Armenian block in Kolkata. After '36 Chowringhee Lane,' we haven't seen that part of… — Pooja Bhatt Copy Share Image
“Her grandmother keeps announcing that Esme will never find a husband if she doesn't change her ways. Yesterday, when she said it… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
My mom started an air-freight company; my grandmother built a golf course. I have a certain degree of entrepreneurial risk-taking in my… — Brian Acton Copy Share Image
I've seen my grandmothers grow old and they are so beautiful, every wrinkle in their face tells a story. I want to… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image