Quotes about grand
grandparent goofy terrific
It's funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you'd do. It's terrific. Mike Krzyzewski
grandchildren birth-control want
I still take the pill. I don't want any more grandchildren. Phyllis Diller
grandmother dating lovely
Flustered, she replied, "You're not my - my - grandmother, or something." "You'd talk about this with your grandmother? I can't possibly imagine discussing my dating life with mine. She's a lovely woman, I suppose. If you like them bald and racist. Maggie Stiefvater
grandpa asking moments
My grandpa always said asking a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime. Haruki Murakami
grandmother yards grand-mother
The word good has many meanings... Gilbert K. Chesterton
grandchildren artist fans
I've always said I've got the coolest fans, and I brag about you like grandchildren when I talk to other artists John Mayer
grandmother two julia
I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. Julie Andrews
grandma get-better cookies
After you eat Grandma's cookies, everything in life gets better. Justin Smith
grandmother past voice
Cassandra wondered at the mind's cruel ability to toss up flecks of the past. Why, as she neared her life's end, her grandmother's head should ring with the voices of people long since gone. Was it always this way? Did those with passage booked on death's silent ship always scan the dock for faces of the long-departed? Kate Morton
grandfather autobiography died
My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished mine. Karrine Steffans
grandma mean cake
My favourite place to eat is my grandma's kitchen. She makes a mean crab cake. Karlie Kloss
grandma glasses hands
I got out my jar of ointment. I knew animators who had special containers for the ointment. Crockery, hand-blown glass, mystical symbols carved into the sides. I used an old Mason jar that had once held Grandma Blake's green beans. Larry fished out a peanut butter jar with the label still on it. Extra-crunchy. Yum-Yum. Laurell K. Hamilton
grandmother stories taught
Through my grandmother's stories always life moved, moved heroically toward an end. Nobody ever cried in my grandmother's stories. They worked, or schemed, or fought. But no crying. When my grandmother died, I didn't cry, either. Something about my grandmother's stories (without her ever having said so) taught me the uselessness of crying about anything." Langston Hughes
grandparent return privilege
No grant of feudal privilege has ever equaled, for effortless return, that of the grandparent who bought and endowed his descendants with a thousand shares of General Motors or General Electric. John Kenneth Galbraith
grandmother trying my-grandmother
Failure isn't really an option because, as my grandmother used to say, "Nothing beats a failure but a try." Joy Bryant
grandmother roof my-grandmother
I grew up in the South Bronx, raised by my grandmother, who scrapped and scraped to make sure I had a roof over my head and food in my stomach. I was painfully aware of what it was like to live with limited resources and a certain level of uncertainty.
grandmother green buying
With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that, although we had no green, my grandmother was actually the 'greenest' person I've ever known.
grandma pages tweet
I'm such a grandma. I don't tweet; I don't have a Facebook page. Kathryn Hahn
grandma my-grandma ifs
I'll drive like my grandma. I'll drive like your grandma." "You wouldn't say that if you knew my gramma. Kami Garcia
grandmother age fifteen
At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general. Jung Chang
grandmother saving charity
My grandmother always said, 'when you receive a paycheck, you always have to put a certain amount to your savings, and 10 percent right away to charity.' Patrick Schwarzenegger
grandmother play goal
Some day I want to play a grandmother. And a foxy one at that! Pam Grier
grandmother thinking names
Stirlings of old had been so damned besotted with their newfound earldom that they couldn't think to put any other name on anything...It was a wonder he didn't drink Kilmartin Tea and sit on a Kilmartin-style chair. In fact, he probably would be doing just that if his grandmother had found a way to manage it without actually taking the family into trade. Julia Quinn
grandfather driving donkey
I have a photograph of my grandfather driving a donkey cart barefoot. Nelly Furtado
grandmother strange photo-shoots
Being a grandmother is one of the least strange things in my life. It makes more sense than a lot of things... like photo shoots! Neneh Cherry
grandchildren silence forgiving
In the moral calculus of currently prevailing state capitalism, profits and bonuses in the next quarter greatly outweigh concern for the welfare of one’s grandchildren, and since these are institutional maladies, they will not be easy to overcome. While much remains uncertain, we can assure ourselves, with fair confidence, that future generations will not forgive us our silence and apathy. Noam Chomsky
grandmother missing scar
I pointed to the wound. "It's missing," I said. My grandmother smiled, and that was all it took for me to stop seeing the scar, and to recognize her again. "Yes," she said. "But see how much of me is left? Jodi Picoult
grandmother remember forget
I never said I do not remember, my grandmother corrects. I said I prefer to forget.
grandchildren college thinking
I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination - in terms of providing for my family - is absolutely my goal. Nicki Minaj
grandchildren museums one-day
One day our grandchildren will go to museums to see what poverty was like. Muhammad Yunus
grandmother church should
My grandmother, she say I shouldn't be playing. I should go to church. Fially, I say I'm going do this, I'm going do it. And she got where she didn't bother me about it. Muddy Waters
grandmother boxing tears
Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of his head. Muhammad Ali
grandmother flirting
I'll flirt with anyone from garbagemen to grandmothers. Madonna Ciccone