There are many people who could claim and learn from their Indian ancestry, but because of the fear their parents and grandparents… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people.… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Part of the American ethos is that you want to leave something better for your kids than you had and I know… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
Randy [Rhoads] was laid to rest at a place called Mountain View Cemetery, where his grandparents were buried. I made a vow… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
We've never had nannies. We've had great grandparents, great support from family, and the kids have been on every set: they've seen… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I think the great thing about grandparents is seeing another home, realising that people you love can have different priorities, different diversions,… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
I'm a Veteran. I was in the Navy, in the submarine corps. I come from a military family. Both of my grandparents… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
Perhaps the old view of 'Me breadwinner, you hausfrau' worked for our grandparents, when people obligingly popped off before boring each other… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
It's special, grandparents and grandchldren. So much simpler. Is it always so, I wonder? I think perhaps it is. While one's child… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
I'M HOPEFUL, because I know that while we still have race issues in America, we enjoy a much different normal than those… — Benjamin Watson Copy Share Image
Children exist in the world as well as in the family. From the moment they are born, they depend on a host… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by… — Eddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
I sometimes feel a bit embarrassed to play guitar. There's something - I don't want to sound ungrateful - but there's something… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
What does "success" mean to you? Was Mother Teresa a "success"? Was your favorite teacher a "success"? Were your parents, grandparents, your… — Bob Teague Copy Share Image
“Without a single grandparent or parent or uncle or aunt at her side, the baby’s birth, like most everything else in America,… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
I was just thinking about how my grandparents, who raised me, would be considered "white trash," whatever that means - mostly for… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
My parents moved to Los Angeles when I was really young, but I spent every summer with my grandparents, and I'd stay… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
There's a truly unbelievable story in the paper today, that a young brother and sister... have been turned down for adoption by… — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
The nature of human beings never changes; it is immutable. The present generation of children and the present generation of young adults… — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
Miami Beach - that's where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother -… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
Obama sees the world in two ways: from the black perspective and from the white perspective. He was raised as a black… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
The scariest time of my life was when I knew my Nana was dying. It was horrible, as there's nothing I could… — Nikki Sanderson Copy Share Image
Kenya is rapidly developing its industry and manufacturing, and its cultural identity as a new country. We had a humongous history pre-British,… — Wangechi Mutu Copy Share Image
I had such a great time doing commercials and things as a kid. My grandparents were on set with me all the… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
I don't really... go to 'the opening of an envelope.' I don't really turn up to all the events, you know what… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I really look to past generations. I think my grandparents, friends' grandparents, or even parents of my older friends grew up in… — Elizabeth Rogers Copy Share Image
I worry that we have forgotten that the de-ideologized, de-politicized, uncontentious public space of the last 50 years as Europeans have experienced… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
You fall so deeply in love with your grandbaby. It's so so so much easier than being a parent, because you really… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My grandparents were classic Indian grandparents. My grandmother would put so much powder on her face that it was like a Kabuki… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years. But as I got older, my pops… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
The nature of human beings never changes; it is immutable. The present generation of children and the present generation of young adults… — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
I hadn't gotten old enough yet to realize that living sends a person not into the future but back into the past,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I think what hinders the argument is when people are afraid of hurting the feelings of racists and people who are genuinely… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
I just love Wisconsin. I'm a fourth-generation Wisconsinite,and my great grandparents were farmers. My grandfather delivered the mail. My mom was the… — Mary Burke Copy Share Image
The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When she giggles… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image