#grand

I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America through civil rights, women's rights, equal justice, and they've passed that on to their children and grandchildren. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#children #civil #civil rights #equal #equal justice

I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#feel #gave #grandparents #happy #i

I'm a grandmother with dogs and nice friends here in the Rocky mountains. Ever see the movie A River Runs Through It? That's where I live. It's beautiful, no two ways about it. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#beautiful #dogs #ever #friends #grandmother

My grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#every #grandson #lois #me #points

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right. ↗

— Marjane Satrapi

#i #idiots #laws #made #me

My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end. ↗

— Vincent Schiavelli

#before #came #chef #cooked #end

And yes, the Homesteaders, including my grandparents who left behind almost nothing, and arrived in Montana with nothing but the clothes on their back, high hopes, faith in God and dreaming of the future. ↗

— Brian Schweitzer

#arrived #back #behind #clothes #dreaming

I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100 and ask for an extension, just like my grandmother did. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#corner #death #did #extension #going

Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former. ↗

— William Shenstone

#beauty #diminish #former #grandeur #increase

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#back #civilization #dark #dark ages #does