My Grandchildren Quotes

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.

Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.

I like to do nice things for my grandchildren - like buy them those toys I've always wanted to play with.

When I'm laid in my coffin, I want you to put a picture of my grandchild to the right of me and and a picture of my daughter to my left. That way they will be buried with me.

The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.

To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."

To become a grandparent is to enjoy one of the few pleasures in life for which the consequences have already been paid.

Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them.

Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.

"You're more trouble than the children are" is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.

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

What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I'd like to say that grandparents are God's gifts to children.

Posterity is the patriotic name for grandchildren.

A grandma's name is little less in love than is the doting title of a mother.

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

Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap.

Elephants and grandchildren never forget.

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.

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.

When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.

An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly.

I don't intentionally spoil my grandkids. It's just that correcting them often takes more energy than I have left.

Varicose veins are the result of an improper selection of grandparents.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

It's one of nature's way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.

Soon I will be an old, white-haired lady, into whose lap someone places a baby, saying, "Smile, Grandma!" - I, who myself so recently was photographed on my grandmother's lap.

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

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.

The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.

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

My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

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

When I go to the beach, my grandchildren try to make words out of the veins in my legs. That's why I still take the pill; I don't want any more grandchildren.

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure.

I'm Nancy Pelosi, but my grandchildren call me Mimi. For me, politics is an extension of my role as a mother and a grandmother. For the Democratic women of the House, our work is not about the next election, but rather the next generation.

My goals have changed throughout my life. At one time it was winning awards, selling out concert dates, selling more albums than anyone else. Now, my goals are to see my grandchildren grown, live a long and healthy life with my family and friends and travel the world.

So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don’t know that. What we know, what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country. My grandchildren are evidence of that. I’m evidence of that. I’ve been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly.

I'm afraid what we are building today will not have the same impact and sustainability of the architecture of a 100, 500 or 1,000 years ago. The buildings of those days were miracles. We don't perform such miracles today. So we should be a little more modest. For my part, I'll be glad to show one of my buildings one day to my grandchildren and say: I'm proud of that.

In every moment of every day of my life, I get to wake up and work with amazing people and nurture them in the way that I might have nurtured my son or my grandchildren that he might have had.

I love music of all kinds, but there's no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.

Beautiful old people are works of art.

I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don't know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy.

At home, I have a wife, fortunately, and my children are all grown, and I have many grandchildren. I spend weekends with my grandchildren; I adore them.

The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon, the whisper of spruce needles, or the screech of an eagle. But he will not make friends with any of these creatures and when his heart aches with longing, he will curse me. Have I done all to keep the air fresh? Have I cared enough about the water? Have I left the eagle to soar in freedom? Have I done everything I could to earn my grandchild's fondness?

Feeling good about yourself and your life is very important. I'm a happy woman, happy with my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren. We all get along quite well, and that keeps me centered.