My grandfather was a
My grandfather was a giant of a man … When he walked, the earth shook. When he laughed, the birds fell out of the trees. His hair caught fire from the sun. His eyes were patches of sky. Eth Clifford
Parents And Grandparents
Black college-educated people got
Black college-educated people got to where they are on the backs of domestic help, meaning their parents and grandparents. So people should not forget how they got to where they are. Esther Rolle
A grandmother pretends she
A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween. Erma Bombeck
My grandmother started walking
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
Beautiful old people are
Beautiful old people are works of art. Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. Eleanor Roosevelt
Our attitudes toward retirement,
Our attitudes toward retirement, marriage, recreation, even our feelings about death and dying may make much more of an impression than we realize. Eda LeShan
The presence of a
The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can become parents, and one day even have grandchildren of their own. So often we think of grandparents as belonging to the past; but in this important way, grandparents, for young … Read more
Uncles and aunts, and
Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all. Fanny Fern
When we were studying
When we were studying at the Royal Antwerp Academy, we were taught to seek inspiration from everyone, everything and everywhere. My parents and grandparents were also a great inspiration for me at a very young age. Dries van Noten