Quotes About Grandparents

My grandparents all came from Lithuania to South Africa.

In South Africa, there is only one name that every child knows, every leader invokes, and every grandparent tells their grandchildren about. Madiba.

The majestic architecture, the cultivated manners, the simplicity of life, the disregard for one's fellow man, the plagues, the rampant corruption, the unmitigated racism, and the uncontrollable violence--all the things our grandparents called 'the good old days'...

At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55.

On the contrary, if grandparents want to make a positive difference in their grandchildren's lives, they must have a plan.

After her [Grandma's] death in the great flu epidemic of 1918, Grandpa had remarried a woman remembered without warmth by everyone in the family.

Luisa Santiaga Márquez Iguarán de García had given birth to three more children since that time and this was her first return to Aracataca since her husband, Gabriel Eligio García, took her away to live in Barranquilla, leaving little "Gabito" in the care of his maternal grandparents,

this was her first return to Aracataca since her husband, Gabriel Eligio García, took her away to live in Barranquilla, leaving little "Gabito" in the care of his maternal grandparents,

I remember the first time I pulled out of my driveway in my grandparents' Nissan Ultimate or Centra. I just remember getting in a car that smells like my grandparents, with both my parents standing on the lawn, so petrified. That was my car up until I was 18.

At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.

My grandparents were from Spain, and I had a Spanish passport.

My grandparents don't really listen to pop music, and they only speak Spanish and only listen to Spanish music.

I had grandparents who were native Irish speakers, and also, two of the four grandparents were illiterate.

I never really learned the value of money. My father didn't spoil me, but I think my grandparents did.

One woman and one man might have been OK in your grandmother's day, but who wants to marry your grandmother? Not even your grandfather!

My grandfather was in love with my grandmother. They were inseparable. They detested being apart. I've seen real love. I've felt it when I was with them. They died three hours apart. My grandmother first and then my grandfather followed. Love exists and that's what I'm offering you.

sometimes grandparents who are warm and kind may have been far less so when they were parents. People will often mellow in old age.

she was yearning to be with her grandparents now.

I think that loving grandparents are invaluable and provide a backbone of love and stability that can see a family through bad times as well as rejoicing in the good.

I started in Grade 2. I went with my aunt and her boyfriend to an arena, an outdoor rink which was a block away from my grandparents. My grandpa came from Oregon. He had coached his son, my uncle, in hockey, and he was happy to get me involved in it.

I grew up with very strong family support. My grandparents raised me, and my uncle sort of played that father-figure role in my life.

My grandparents knew it was important that I understood Christianity and the Bible. But they never took me to church; they sent me to church.

We all know grandparents whose values transcend passing fads and pressures, and who possess the wisdom of distilled pain and joy.

I used to try to pick locks because I grew up on my grandparents' farm and I started my own little spy club. I would go around the farm and try to break into the shed and try spying on my grandpa. It was ridiculous.