Creativity is about play and a kind of willingness to go with your intuition. It's crucial to an artist. If you know where you are going and what you are going to do, why do it? I think I learned that from the artists, from my grandmother, from all the creative people I've spent time with over the years.
My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.
You think Bernadette Maguire killed him?” “Uh… no. She’s, like I said, she’s old. ” “Old people can kill people too. ” “I know, but…” “She could be a ninja. ” “She’s not a ninja, for God’s sake. She’s somebody’s great grandmother. ” “I want you to think carefully about this, Kenny. Have you ever seen her with a sword?” “What?” “How about throwing stars?” “This is ridiculous. ” “Have you ever seen her dressed up as a ninja? That would have been my first clue. ” The girl sucked in her cheeks so she wouldn't laugh out loud.
My grandfather is Portuguese. He betrayed what was expected of him and married my grandmother of African descent on my father's side.
My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
My grandmother was determined that everyone feel a sense of optimism and opportunity. Marc and I want to make sure we're doing that. This period of our lives is not just a tribute to her, it's inspired by her. And it's for when we have our own children — I want to help make sure we've got a world I want them to live in.
My grandmother certainly does not care for celebrity.
My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.
My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.
My grandfather, Harry Ferguson, was a butcher in Hill of Beath; so even though my grandparents lived in some poverty, we got loads of beef. My grandmother, Meg, was a fine Scottish cook who did slow cooking.
There is a tradition in Southern cooking of recipes handed down for generations. And when I make my grandmother's strawberry pie I feel her right with me.
Is there a grandmother that isn't spunky on television? Is there such a creature?
Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.
The terrible tabulation of the French statists brings every piece of whim and humor to be reducible also to exact numerical ratios. If one man in twenty thousand, or in thirty thousand, eats shoes, or marries his grandmother, then, in every twenty thousand, or thirty thousand, is found one man who eats shoes, or marries his grandmother.
A flower is your cousin. . . Sometimes a person has got to take a life, like a chicken's or a hog's when you need it. . . But nobody is so hungry they need to kill a flower. Cherokee great-grandmother
The great thing about getting married young like I did and having a child so young is that he gets to know all the relatives. He knew his great-grandmother, and we sat down together and tied down the stories of our uncles and aunts.
It’s all right,” the boy murmured as he felt her trembling. “My grandmother always told me ‘Never try to turn back on a new road—you don’t know what adventures await you.
If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters.
I was told many years ago by my grandmother who raised me: If somebody puts you on a road and you don't feel comfortable on it and you look ahead and you don't like the destination and you look behind and you don't want to return to that place, step off the road.