Quotes by Grandparent I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents. Anthony Foxx grandparent born mom It's impossible for me to hear the words quadruple murder suicide without thinking of my grandparents. Anthony Jeselnik grandparent suicide thinking My grandparents all came from Lithuania to South Africa. My first novel, Middlepost, is a fictional account of that journey. Antony Sher lithuania south grandparent I did stand-up for my grandparents every day when I was, like, eight. Ariana Grande grandparent eight I write to tell my grandchildren where they come from, and what their grandparents were up to, and I hope they will in their own way continue. I invite anyone else to listen in. Arthur Hertzberg grandparent grandchildren writing I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are working the farms their parents and grandparents worked but aren't living nearly as well. Barbara Kingsolver grandparent southern people My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me. Bayard Rustin grandparent gay spring Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically. Benjamin Spock grandparent grandchildren Grandparents are God's gifts to children. Bill Cosby grandparent children My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I've already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me. Billy Crystal grandparent grandchildren fun Just look at my face. Its an extraordinary experience. All of my friends who are grandparents have been saying, just wait, a bit cynically, but its just extraordinary. You feel like a child again yourself. Just walking on air. Blythe Danner grandparent air children After a year, it was great to get out of L.A. and return to Hyde Park. Since my grandparents lived in Hyde Park, I had been coming there since I was a tyke. Bonnie Jo Campbell hyde grandparent years I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said. He shouted 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like? Brad Pitt grandparent grandmother names My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish. Brian McDermott grandparent england blood I never really learned the value of money. My father didn't spoil me, but I think my grandparents did. Britt Ekland grandparent father thinking I think our grandparents were Victor Frankenstein. I basically am the kind of deeply unnatural creature that Mrs Shelley instinctively dreaded. I not only eat her sacred cows but I eat them with ketchup. While I take her point, I think that transgressive monstrosity and tampering with the life force are both a lot more fun than she suspected. Bruce Sterling grandparent fun thinking Because my great-grandparents were enslaved people, the legacy of slavery was something that didn't seem impersonal or disconnected. That's what motivated me to get into law. Bryan Stevenson grandparent law people I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy. Caroline Kennedy very-happy grandparent feels [My grandparents] were from Texas. El Paso. White trash. Carrie Fisher grandparent texas white One time at the University of Colorado, at a faculty dinner, this professor said to me, 'Well, my goodness, a boy from Appa-lay-chee-a with a Ph.D!' The dinner was in her house. And I said, 'My grandparents didn't have indoor plumbing, but they had more books in their house than you do.' I was a little insulted by the Appa-lay-chee-a business. Charles Frazier grandparent boys book «1234567891011»