Grandmothers Quotes
The quiet influence of a grandmother.
These grandmothers quotes recall pianos learned by ear from a grandmother's example and the quiet influence grandmothers carry through early Family life, long before it's fully understood.
Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear...
These days, it's often women in uniform - moms, wives, even grandmothers - who deploy and leave their families behind.
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In my case, both my grandmothers made a huge impact on my early childhood days. But, as I grew older, people rarely made an impact or influenced me.
For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.
Ability Quotes
My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just started naturally imitating whoever I was talking to. I didn't want to be a phony, but I felt...
What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
My father ran an insurance company, but he passed away when I was 8. My mother was an economist working for the government of Liberia. But both my grandmothers were entrepreneurs in rural West Africa.
My grandmothers on both sides chose not to go to doctors and passed away. We were entrenched in the Christian Science faith.
I definitely inherited a lot of from both my grandmothers and from my mother. I wear a lot of pieces that used to belong to other people.
About Quotes
My grandmothers are full of memories, smelling of soap and onions and wet clay, with veins rolling roughly over quick hands, they have many clean words to say, my grandmothers were strong.
Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that...
Both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with breast cancer - one is a survivor and one passed away.
When the grandmothers of today hear the word 'Chippendales', they don't necessary think of chairs.
When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing.
Family Quotes
I think fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers - we should look at what young people are saying to us.
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...
There are now grandmothers and grandfathers coming to see us because they are of that age, they grew up in the '50s and '60s and they bring their sons and their daughters to hear the songs they heard when they...
It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened yesterday. It happened to my mother. I never met my grandmothers or my grandfathers. They were all wiped up in the gas chambers...
I absolutely love Ireland. It's one of the most beautiful places on Earth, and I have strong ties here. Both my grandmothers are from Ireland, and I have spent every summer in Bantry since my father, who is an artist,...
Father Quotes
It was a very odd household, because the grandmothers were so different. Both of them had their own pianos. So it would be duelling pianos by grandmothers.
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Others touch on faith, describing grandmothers who chose their beliefs over medical treatment, and on service, noting how many grandmothers now deploy in uniform. For more on parental influence, see Father quotes as well.
