Grandmother Quotes

• A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.

  Lois Wyse

  Mother, Children, Grandma

  Lois Wyse (2011). “Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother”, p.9, Harmony

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• Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

  Alex Haley

  Life, Children, Grandpa

  Reader's Digest, 1987.

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• Elephants and grandchildren never forget.

  Andy Rooney

  Grandchildren, Elephants, Grandpa

  Andrew A. Rooney (2010). “Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit”, p.182, PublicAffairs

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• A Grandmother is a safe haven.

  Suzette Haden Elgin

  Safe Haven, Grandparent, Havens

  Suzette Haden Elgin (2000). “The Grandmother Principles”

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• You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

  Albert Einstein

  Mom, Grandma, Science

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.482, Princeton University Press

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• My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Funny, Life, Birthday

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything.

  Vivien Leigh

  Godmother, Grand Mother, Load

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• Always and Forever is a Grandmothers love

  Kathy Griffin

  Forever, Always And Forever

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• You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

  Desmond Tutu

  Inspirational, Family, God

  Address at his enthronement as Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, September 7, 1986.

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• The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

  Sam Levenson

  Children, Grandma, Grandparent

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.36, Open Road Media

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• A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.

  Erma Bombeck

  Relationship, Fun, Halloween

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• A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Political, Doubt, Politics

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• A home without a grandmother is like an egg without salt.

  Florence King

  Home, Eggs, Salt

  Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.65, Macmillan

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• If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.

  George Brett

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.

  Lois Wyse

  Grandma, Grandchildren, Grandparent

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• On the seventh day God rested. His grandchildren must have been out of town.

  Gene Perret

  Grandchildren, Grandparent, Towns

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• My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of them were just napping.

  Rita Rudner

  Death, Husband, Naps

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• When a child is born, so are grandmothers.

  Judith Ellen Levy

  Baby, Children, Grandma

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• My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive.

  Wayne Wonder

  Friends, Stay Positive, Sticks

  "Who Is Wayne Wonder?". Interview with Laura Gardner, jahworks.org. September 5, 2000.

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• Grandmotherhood initiated me into a world of play, where all things became fresh, alive, and honest again through my grandchildren's eyes. Mostly, it retaught me love.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Grandma, Eye, Grandchildren

  Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor (2009). “Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey, and France”, p.181, Penguin

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• If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.

  Victor Hugo

  Men, Grandparent, Ifs

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• My grandmother always used to say, "If you know your past and you know where you have to go, why do you rehearse?" I always remember this and it's true. You have to start each day again-you can't repeat what you did.

  Marian Seldes

  Past, Grandparent, Each Day

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• 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

  Names, Grandparent, Grandfather

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• The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather.

  Margaret Mead

  People, Grandparent, Grandfather

  Margaret Mead (1992). “To Grandmother with Love: A Special Tribute”, Andrews McMeel Pub

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• When the grandmothers of today hear the word 'Chippendales,' they don't necessarily think of chairs.

  Jean Kerr

  Grandma, Thinking, Grandpa

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