Quotes by Grandparent My mother was 45 when she had me, so when I was in high school my parents were the same age as my friends' grandparents. Jack White grandparent mother school Rich grandparents get more attention than poor grandparents. James Cook grandparent rich attention I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don’t know how I can ever express my gratitude for that because my parents would have been a mess. James Earl Jones grandparent gratitude children I was brought up by my grandparents. So people go, oh, what was that like? That must have been hard. And you go: No, it wasn't.' It was just completely actually normal because the new norm seems to be whatever you make of it, doesn't it? James McAvoy grandparent normal people I don't really... go to 'the opening of an envelope.' I don't really turn up to all the events, you know what I mean? If I'm involved, I'll go, and if there's a good friend who needs support, I'll go, but otherwise... I don't go. I'm probably just a bit like my grandparents; I like staying in. James McAvoy grandparent good-friend mean My Grandmother would say, 'Make sure you look good. Make sure you speak well. Make sure you remain that Southern gentleman that I've taught you to be.' Jamie Foxx grandparent grandmother southern I think immigration has been one of the vital things about the growth of America. I'm the product of grandparents who all immigrated from Greece. I hope eventually we have proper immigration. Jamie Dimon grandparent growth thinking Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents. Jan Karon grandparent raised I want my grandchildren to look like my grandparents. I don't want them to look like Anwar Sadat or Foo Man Chu or Whoopi Goldberg. Jared Taylor grandparent grandchildren men I was raised by my grandparents, and they always made sure that I had a pencil and some paper, whether we were in the car or at a restaurant. While they were enjoying a nice meal, I would be sitting there drawing funny pictures of the waitress. Jarrett J. Krosoczka grandparent drawing nice What I'd like to do is be able to work with Democrats to reform current entitlement programs for future generations, grandfathering all the grandparents. Jeb Hensarling grandparent reform generations My grandma's the most careful, safe driver in the world. You put her in a rental car, and she's doing doughnuts in the K-Mart parking lot! Jeff Foxworthy grandparent car grandma He knew a lot about his grandparents - and perhaps he feels he's been endowed with abilities to go into people's heads who are long dead - but, to a certain extent, he's making it up. Jeffrey Eugenides grandparent long people I hadn't gotten old enough yet to realize that living sends a person not into the future but back into the past, to childhood and before birth, finally, to commune with the dead. You get older, you puff on the stairs, you enter the body of your father. From there it's only a quick jump to your grandparents, and then before you know it you're time traveling. In this life we grow backwards. Jeffrey Eugenides grandparent father past The television replaced the sound of conversation that was missing from my grandparents' lives. Jeffrey Eugenides grandparent missing sound My life is blessed; I have held my children's children. Jeremy Taylor grandparent blessed children Gogol remembers having to do the same thing when he was younger, when his grandparents died...He remembers, back then, being bored by it, annoyed at having to observe a ritual no one else he knew followed, in honor of people he had seen only a few times in his life...Now, sitting together at the kitchen table at six-thirty every evening, his father's chair empty, this meatless meal is the only thing that seems to make sense. Jhumpa Lahiri grandparent father people I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They're there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I'm definitely not a single parent. Jill Scott grandparent husband son Grandparents...can give the children unity of family life and some knowledge of their own family history. Jim Conway grandparent giving children Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches. Jim Carrey grandparent family sandwiches «1234567891011»