Grandmother Quotes - page 8

I grew up hearing that if it hadn't been for Ataturk, my grandmother would have been 'a covered person' who would have been reliant on a man for her livelihood. Instead, she went to boarding school, wrote a thesis on Balzac, and became a teacher. (Elif Batuman)
My two grandmothers both died of cancer, so I understand how painful and difficult this disease is on the entire family. My first grandmother passed away from bone cancer when I was about 10. It was really horrible. I remember the whole process like it was yesterday. View quote
Gisele Bundchen
Demetrie came to wait on my grandmother in 1955 and stayed for 32 years. It was common, in Mississippi, to have a black domestic cleaning the kitchen, cooking the meals, looking after the white children. View quote
Kathryn Stockett
I am committed to helping Alzheimer's Society in any way I can. My family and I rely on the help of organisations like Alzheimer's Society to help us understand the disease and guide us in the care of my grandmother. It's been a privilege to meet so many people with dementia. View quote
Carey Mulligan
Every time I see a cardinal, I know my grandmother is with me. This regal, red bird was Grandma's favorite. View quote
Kris Carr
My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door. View quote
Quincy Jones
It's all right,” the boy murmured as he felt her trembling. "My grandmother always told me ‘Never try to turn back on a new road-you don't know what adventures await you. View quote
Lisa Kleypas
I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren's hands. View quote
Alan Bradley
You should just feel comfortable with food and your own culinary culture, whatever your mother and grandmother know. View quote
Lidia Bastianich
My grandmother was the genesis of my connection and passion to food. View quote
Lidia Bastianich
My grandmother had a courtyard of animals, like goats and chickens. She made ricotta cheese, cooked with potatoes warm from the garden, grew everything from beans to wheat. It was simple, seasonal food, and we all ate what was produced 10 miles from where we lived. It was that way for centuries. (Lidia Bastianich)
Anthropology is separated from mass reading, and that is something that bothered Margaret Mead. She always said that she wrote everything for her grandmother, in a way that her grandmother could understand what she was saying. View quote
Lily King
My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal. View quote
Chris Pine
Everyone in my family has some kind of artistic tendency. My great grandmother was a jewelry designer, and her daughter was a ceramic tile muralist. View quote
Nikki Reed
Probably the first time I left Italy was to travel by train to Lourdes. I went with my mother and my grandmother - who was a very religious person - so it was a pilgrimage of sorts. I remember it as a very intense, but beautiful experience. View quote
Andrea Bocelli
I grew up sitting beside my grandmother playing the piano and singing. View quote
Miranda Kerr
In almost the same way you know what your grandmother looks and sounds like, you know what Bruce Willis looks and sounds like. View quote
Rian Johnson
All of them - my father, mother, step-mother, and grandmother - were all wonderful actors and performers and they are an inspiration to me, both in their craft and in their humanity. View quote
James Cromwell
I eat only simple Indian home food - sabzi, roti, dal, chawal, ghee. There are so many benefits of having ghee. My grandmother is 84 and she is still fit and looks beautiful. View quote
Kareena Kapoor
The person who started my nomadic life was my grandmother. View quote
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
My grandmother was a Jewish juggler: she used to worry about six things at once. (Richard Lewis)
As I flew over the Shahyad monument, I saw that one corner was completely dark. A moment later I realized this black mass was a mass of Iranian women, women who had achieved one of the highest levels of emancipation in the Middle East. Here they were in the mournful black chador their grandmother had worn. My god, I thought, is this how it ends? View quote
Ashraf Pahlavi
My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward. View quote
Parker Posey
'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren. View quote
Carine Roitfeld
My grandmother was a fearless Greek warrioress, and very protective of her land. She literally ordered some Nazi soldiers to get off one of her fields pointing a gun at them. View quote
Angelique Rockas