A Quote by Marianne Moore

Hindered characters / seldom have mothers / in Irish stories, but they all have grandmothers.

Marianne Moore

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Characters Irish Mothers Seldom Stories

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Marianne Moore
American - Poet
November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972

They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how. And how much. The laws that make grandmothers grandmothers, uncles uncles, mothers mothers, cousins cousins, jam jam, and jelly jelly. It was a time when uncles became fathers, mothers lovers, and cousins died and had funerals. It was a time when the unthinkable became thinkable and the impossible really happened.

Arundhati Roy

We all draw inspiration from women whose names make the headlines and whose stories are in the history books, but often our greatest inspiration comes from our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, teachers, and friends.

A'Lelia Bundles

Today there are people trying take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen.

Kerry Washington

Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen.

Kerry Washington

Because parents are transients in the maternity care system, there is little cumulative birth experience over successive generations of mothers. Women giving birth don't make the same mistakes as their mothers or grandmothers-they make new ones.

Elizabeth Noble

Our mothers and grandmothers ... moving to music not yet written.

Alice Walker

Mothers and grandmothers: these are the people that I admire most, not so much chefs.

Yotam Ottolenghi

I love creating stories, dreaming up characters and breathing life into them. From several generations of Irish storytellers, I think that's what I was born to do.

Linda Conrad

Kids bring their mothers and grandmothers to our concerts. You don't see that with a lot of artists today.

Kevin Olusola

I think fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers - we should look at what young people are saying to us.

Gordon Brown

My keen love of travel was seldom hindered by Father. He permitted me, even as a mere boy, to visit many cities and pilgrimage spots.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Both my parents worked. So it wasn't like the previous generation where we learned how to cook and bake from our mothers and grandmothers.

Johnny Iuzzini

Young mothers who apply for housing assistance in our nation's capital literally could be grandmothers by the time their application is reviewed.

Matthew Desmond

I use the phrase 'sibling society' to suggest a culture fundamentally without fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, or ancestors. The thinking is horizontal.

Robert Bly

Fairy tales are about money, marriage, and men. They are the maps and manuals that are passed down from mothers and grandmothers to help them survive.