Grandmother Quotes

• My grandmother was divorced, and she had 10 children herself. She never finished high school. She started selling lace on the side of the road and then grew that into a multimillion-dollar business - a retail store selling mostly furniture and appliances.

  

  Ann-Marie Campbell
  • Children
  • School
  • Business

• I've always been in love with Melbourne. When I was 12, I was taken into the city by my grandmother to go to the ballet for the first time.

  

  Kerry Greenwood
  • Time
  • City
  • Taken

• My Welsh grandmother Mair didn't meet my grandfather until she was 28, quite old to be unmarried in the early '40s.

  

  Kate Williams
  • She
  • Grandmother
  • Grandfather

• My first collection was made from sheets that my grandmother, who lived in Normandy, had been collecting for a long time. There are a lot of flea markets in that part of France, and she knew what I liked.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Time
  • Long
  • She

• 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.

  

  Bradley Cooper
  • Help
  • Amazing
  • Grandmother

• I was seven years old when my grandmother stated teaching me to sew, and she always encouraged me to be creative.

  

  Ashley Nell Tipton
  • She
  • Grandmother

• When I was 19 and dropped out of college for several months, I lived for some time with my grandmother.

  

  Karen Bender
  • Time
  • College
  • Grandmother

• I grew up with my little brother, and we were raised by my grandmother. I was an insider for real. I stayed in the house a lot, writing songs or playing video games, watching TV, or chilling with my girlfriend.

  

  Bryson Tiller
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Real

• My grandmother would sing in the choir, while my dad - while he was in college - sang and recorded with a quartet. So yeah, it was definitely my dad's Southern side that impacted on me musically.

  

  Keri Hilson The Clutch
  • Dad
  • College
  • Grandmother

• My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value.

  

  Anthony Minghella
  • Life
  • Women
  • Strong

• My most important relationships were with my father and grandmother.

  

  Jimmy Cliff
  • Important
  • Father
  • Grandmother

• My grandmother always used to wear this English perfume called Tuberose and then she died and then I dated this girl who wore the same thing. Every time I hung out with her, I could only think of my recently deceased grandmother. So sometimes a signature scent can be good and sometimes it can be bad.

  

  Mark Ronson
  • Time
  • Good
  • She

• My second mother is my maternal grandmother. Her name is Thelma. She also gave me a very powerful medicine; she made sure that I knew my role as a young lady and as someone with moral structures and principles. She taught me that if I was going to be involved with anything, whether it be spirituality, music, or some skill, that I have to practice.

  

  Erykah Badu
  • Music
  • She
  • Mother

• I wasn't happy at all as a child. I was very privileged and knew extraordinary people, but I felt very lonely: my mother thought I was extremely difficult and my grandmother was extremely severe.

  

  Marisa Berenson
  • People
  • Happy
  • Mother

• What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.

  

  Sally Rand
  • Heaven
  • Name
  • Grandmother

• I've been fascinated with severe weather since I was four, when I saw a tornado at night in my mom and grandmother's southeast Minnesota hometown while everyone else was asleep - an experience I encoded in 'The Stormchasers.'

  

  Jenna Blum
  • Experience
  • Night
  • Mom

• My grandmother worked at one of those Bel-Air mansions, and we would go - not too often, but every now and then - to pick her up. Hollywood was probably 12 miles from my house, but it might as well have been a million miles away. The only time I saw that world was on TV. Until I started making records.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Up
  • Time
  • World

• 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.

  

  Carey Mulligan
  • People
  • Family
  • Help

• And, because of the life that I shared with these two amazing women [her mother and maternal grandmother] and the hardships and struggles that I saw them overcome, I learned an invaluable lesson, and that is that women can do anything we set our minds to... and then some!

  

  Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
  • Life
  • Women
  • Mind

• My grandmother took me to church on Sunday all day long, every Sunday into the night. Then Monday evening was the missionary meeting. Tuesday evening was usher board meeting. Wednesday evening was prayer meeting. Thursday evening was visit the sick. Friday evening was choir practice. I mean, and at all those gatherings, we sang.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Church
  • Practice
  • Prayer

• Memory is this one attempt to not be erased by time. And I think that ties back to what I learned watching my grandmother lose her memories is, you know, we are all facing erasure eventually.

  

  Anthony Doerr
  • Time
  • Memories
  • Grandmother

• I would sit in the back at church every Sunday trying to hide, and just when I thought I'd gotten through the service without her grandmother calling on me to sing 'His Eye Is On The Sparrow,' she'd always call me up...

  

  Brooke Valentine
  • Church
  • Sunday
  • His Eye Is On The Sparrow

• My grandmother, Amalia Pia Emilia Vignola, whom I called Nonna, brought out the fairy tale in everything. She used to tuck me into bed so vigorously that I never felt anything less than comforted, and then afterwards, she would sit on a cane basket box next to my bed and read Hans Christian Andersen to me.

  

  Emilia Wickstead
  • Grandmother
  • Fairy
  • Hans Christian Andersen

• I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Grandmother

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