Grandmother Quotes

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

My grandmother was an English teacher for a while. And she stressed to me the importance of reading, being able to articulate well.

I'd RKO my own grandmother if it meant keeping this title. Then I'd RKO your grandmother just to see the look on her face.

Creativity is about play and a kind of willingness to go with your intuition. It's crucial to an artist. If you know where you are going and what you are going to do, why do it? I think I learned that from the artists, from my grandmother, from all the creative people I've spent time with over the years.

Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother's old farmhouse -- all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.

I've just always been a reader. My grandmother just expressed the importance of literacy, if I said that correctly. She just always expressed the importance of being able to write and being able to read.

I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything.

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.

I took my grandmother to the emergency room. The doctor said that she was on an artificial life support system, and that although her brain was dead her heart was still beating. I though, "we've never had a democrat in the family before".

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.

The great thing about civility is that it does not require you to agree with or approve of anything. You don't even have to love your neighbor to be civil. You just have to treat your neighbor the same way you would like your neighbor to treat your grandmother, or your child.

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

A faint smell of lilac filled the air. There was always lilac in this part of town. Where there were grandmothers, there was always lilac.

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.

My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify.

Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. Each separate being in the universe returns to the common source. Returning to the source is serenity. If you don't realize the source, you stumble in confusion and sorrow. When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, disinterested, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, dignified as a king. Immersed in the wonder of the Tao, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.

I seriously love to cook ... My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid, I used to help her make handmade pasta, cavatelli and ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something.

Elephants and grandchildren never forget.

Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother.

My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, best known in her day as the author of the 1959 book 'Growing Your Own Way: An Informal Guide for Teen-Agers' - this despite being a person whose parenting style made Joan Crawford's wire hangers look like pool noodles.