I thank God, Jesus, and my Grandmother for being able to support myself and my family. - Steven Adler I know only, like, five Indians in our whole tribe who have never drunk alcohol. And my grandmother was one of them. "Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling," she used to say. "Why would I want to be in the world if I couldn't touch the world with all of my senses intact?" (158) - Sherman Alexie This move is called Qworegoys, and the women of my grandmother's family taught it to their daughters just as they taught them to make thorn-bush fences to protect the hut from hyenas. - Ayaan Hirsi Ali Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all. - Sarah Addison Allen Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile beings, easily frightened; they must be treated with care so they will f...

My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother. - Al Pacino We need to work our level best in this legislative session to help grow Montana's economy, so that grandchildren can stay in Montana, grandchildren can visit their grandmother and grandfather by driving across town, not flying across the country. - Brian Schweitzer

Every house needs a grandmother in it. - Louisa May Alcott A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween. - Erma Bombeck The best ally you can have in breaking up a street fight is a grandmother. - Joe Bob Briggs I don't think it's proper for a girl to have three boyfriends." Jennifer now begins to sound her age, and more like a grandmother. Sally attempts to clear up any confusion. "They're not my boyfriends, they're just boys who are my friends." "How could I have ever misunderstood that? - Carroll Bryant And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready. - Jilly Cooper Of course, I will continue to share my favorite Southern recipes, just like my mama, grandmother and family shared with me over the years. And now, I'll be adding a little bit of a lighter touch to some of these wonderful dishes. - Paula Deen As a child he had grown up without a mother or e...