Grandmother Quotes

Climbing, as my grandmother said, it's a pretty frivolous thing. She always wondered when I was going to get a real job. But climbing is a real job for me now, and I enjoy it. It's a gift that I'm able to do it, share adventure and motivation with people.

Conrad Anker
- People
- Real
- She
My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people.

David Dinkins
- People
- She
- Mother

Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all.

Sara Willis
- Time
- Mother
- Holiday
My grandmother died when my mother was just 11 years old, and consequently, my mother never learned how to cook particularly well.

Jami Attenberg
- Mother
- Grandmother
My maternal grandmother had what might be described in a school report as a 'lively imagination.' She told us that she was a direct descendant of Sir Christopher Wren.

Jeremy Hardy
- School
- She
- Imagination
The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that.

Ben Nicholson
- Organization
- Gods
- Uncle
I remember watching Margaret Cho with my grandmother on TV. She was my hero, not only because she was funny, but because she showed me that it's okay to be yourself, that it's okay to be a brash yellow girl and to be a strong and brave woman.

Nora Lum
- She
- Remember
- Girl
My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it - I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.

Maya Angelou
- Time
- Great
- God