I loved their home. Everything smelled older, worn but safe; the food aroma had baked itself into the furniture. — Susan Strasberg Copy Share Image
We rarely know who our ancestors were. Who can even remember the names of their great-grandparents? They have vanished into the dim… — Dmitri Volkogonov Copy Share Image
Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them. — Gene Perret Copy Share Image
What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I'd like to say that grandparents are God's gifts to children. — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Those labeled felons may be denied the right to vote, are automatically excluded from juries, and may be legally discriminated against in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me. — Phyllis Grissim-Theroux Copy Share Image
Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. — Doug Larson Copy Share Image
If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first. — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish. — Brian McDermott Copy Share Image
I've been accused of being old before my time more than once. It's true that I've always felt an affinity for, and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
How come you don't work fourteen hours a day? Your great-great-grandparents did. How come you only work the eight-hour day? Four guys… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
All of us are displaced. Few people live where their great-grandparents lived or speak the language their great-grandparents spoke. — Hephzibah Menuhin Copy Share Image
Because my great-grandparents were enslaved people, the legacy of slavery was something that didn't seem impersonal or disconnected. That's what motivated me… — Bryan Stevenson 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 learned a history not then written in books but one passed from generation to generation on the steps of moonlit porches… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly. — Gene Perret Copy Share Image
My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
“Studying the history of our ancestors is instructive. I understand some of my parents’ struggles and sacrifices. I am acquainted with my… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
It's one of those things that it's everything you think it is, but then again you have to - you need time… — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
My concerts consist of black, white, Korean - everybody. And the age group is so broad, from kids to great-grandparents. I have… — Landau Eugene Murphy Jr Copy Share Image
I know very little about my great grandparents, who came through Ellis Island in the early twentieth century, settled in Baltimore, and… — Claire Saffitz Copy Share Image
If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one.… — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
I was raised in an Irish-American home in Detroit where assimilation was the uppermost priority. The price of assimilation and respectability was… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
With infinite life comes an infinite list of relatives. Grandparents never die, nor do great grandparents, great-aunts…and so on, back through the… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
