Grandmother Quotes · Page 10

A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.

— Norman Douglas

“If he really Loved Grandmother, he should be the thing to be afraid of in the dark.”

— Thomas Harris

We will be ourselves and free, or die in the attempt. Harriet Tubman was not our great-grandmother for nothing.

— Alice Walker

When I was 5 years old, I told my grandmother I was going to play hockey in the Olympics. Fifteen years later,…

— Hilary Knight

I haven't got ambitions. Actually, I'm determined not to die until I get very old. I want to be a great-great-great-grandmother.

— Charlotte Rampling

As I grow older, I hope I can fully embody my grandmother's remarkable peace.

— Lizz Wright

I was beginning to understand.My grandmother's love was cold because she was afraid of things;that was why everything had to be perfect.

— Alice Hoffman

“He was studying his grandmother, as if he was hungry too, but for something not food, hungry in a way that food…

— Cynthia Voigt

And her [Eleanor Roosevelt] Grandmother Hall provided her really with a quite wonderful education, and a freedom that, within the framework of…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

When I was a little girl, and we would visit my grandmother whenever we were in D.C., she would always greet us…

— Meghan McCain

Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother's old farmhouse -- all painted up nice on the front side, a big…

— Bette Davis

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

— Michel'le

When I left my grandmother's home in 1986 headed to Savannah State with two brown grocery bags filled with my belongings, nothing…

— Shannon Sharpe

But after a while you learn to cope with things like seeing your dead grandmother crawling up your leg with a knife…

— Hunter S. Thompson

My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern…

— Loni Anderson

A Georgia peach, a real Georgia peach, a backyard great-grandmother's orchard peach, is as thickly furred as a sweater, and so fluent…

— Melissa Fay Greene

I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the…

— Mark Twain

In one way, it is this sense of order and also love that, I think, really saved Eleanor Roosevelt's life. And in…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

Neither my father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, great grandfather or great grandmother, nor any other relation that I know of, or…

— John Adams

“Aren’t you still worried Gran will cut me off, and you’ll be saddled with a spoiled wife and not enough money to…

— Sabrina Jeffries

The proliferation of support groups suggests to me that too many Americans are growing up in homes that do not contain a…

— Florence King

I used to love hospitals. That's another weird thing about me. I remember when my grandmother -- so sweet, God rest her…

— Jennifer Aniston

“She opened up the glass jar she kept spare buttons in and began sorting through them. It was like handling bits and…

— Elizabeth Jennings

“She remembered all the years in which my grandmother and she had refrained from speaking to me about my work and the…

— Marcel Proust

When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.

— Irina Shayk

Like my grandmother always said, 'you never know the blessings that come from suffering.

— Joan Bauer

I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.'…

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

We've always sung. As I have become a grandmother and become older, of course you have less voice and you notice this…

— Princess Michael of Kent

If I walk in a home and a kid disrespects a woman, his mother or grandmother, then I am out... I wont…

— John Calipari

[The biggest disappointment is] that he [Barack Obama] deported everybody and their grandmother.

— Junot Diaz

My grandmother, Erminia 'Minnie' Morocco, treated cookies like a form of currency.

— Chris Morocco

The president took the advice of my East Texas grandmother: If you can skin a cat without getting the room all bloody,…

— Richard Land

My grandmother is from Martinique, so sometimes I'm ashamed that I don't speak Creole.

— Josephine Jobert

My grandmother was a very charitable woman, and my mother grew up that way.

— Jason Derulo

“Theodore- Hello, Grandmother. You're looking more beautiful than ever. His grandma- You did have to inherit your looks from someone.”

— Jen Turano

I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside, planting corn and selling sweets made by my grandmother.

— Hugo Chavez

My grandmother left an incredible legacy and mark on my life and my family.

— Julius Randle

In Brazil, you are very close to your family; we saw our cousins every weekend, and my grandmother lived with us.

— Morena Baccarin

Suffering for love is how I have learned practically everything I know, love of grandmother up and on.

— Djuna Barnes

I was named after my paternal grandmother, my dadi. She died before I was born, which is why my parents named me…

— Amyra Dastur