Intergenerational Bond Quotes

As little boys, my brother and I used to spend hours with my grandmother, asking her about the details of how she came to America. She could only give us a smattering of details, but they all found their way into our collective imagination, eventually becoming a part of our own cultural identity and connection to the past.

I think we have a normal father-and-son relationship. But like any other relationship, we have our differences. But we always seem to work out our differences. Believe it or not, our personalities are similar. We're both fiery and passionate.

Women as mothers grapple with corresponding contradictions. The adoration they feel for their grown daughters, mixed with the sense of responsibility for their well-being, can be overwhelming, matched only by the hurt they feel when their attempts to help or just stay connected are rebuffed or even excoriated as criticism or devilish interference.

Most of our parents wanted the best for us, I knew, but we also wanted the best for them.

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

George Burns was the father I never had.

It is a humbling experience to work with Duttsaab and Amitji, who was my dad's costar in so many films.

If I'm working in the city, then as soon as I'm home, I try to lock in on my son for a few hours. Every day. I see how important it is that he's starting to come into my world now. It's just an effort to give him that male mode of being.

I have tried to create bonds with my daughters like my dad created with me.

The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.

Mum and I have always been close. Her adoptive parents died when she was 18, and she doesn't have any other kids, so I'm her only family. She lives life to the full, and I envy her vitality. She has pink hair and is a younger spirit than me.

Music has always been a huge part of my life from a very young age, and today it remains a very powerful and natural way for me to connect with people, as well as my children.

If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. Stories about food show a strong connection. Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business. The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter.

My grandmother influenced me so deeply.

Everything people say about grandparenthood is true - it is pleasure without responsibility. It is unquestioned love.

My grandmother really inspires me. I lived with her until halfway through middle school, since both my parents worked a lot.

My grandfather, or Nana Ji, as we called him, was a family legend. Amarnath Vidyalankar spent his life fighting for India's independence, which included spending four years in prison in Mahatma Gandhi's movement. I still remember the conversations we had together, many of them while playing chess.

The very best reason parents are so special . . . is because we are the holders of a priceless gift, a gift we received from countless generations we never knew, a gift that only we now possess and only we can give to our children. That unique gift, of course, is the gift of ourselves. Whatever we can do to give that gift, and to help others receive it, is worth the challenge of all our human endeavor.

I follow in the footsteps of vets, regardless if they younger than me or older than me.

I had the privilege of having two sets of loving grandparents.

I'm exceptionally open with my own parents, and they're exceptionally open with me.

I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

I think the father-son love story is a universal one which transcends color.

And we have not found any generational gap at all. If he wants to go a football game, he goes. If I want to go to a fashion show, I go. We don't have to do everything together. But we like doing most things together.

There was nothing more I wanted to do than to see my dad react well to my music. I still do. I send him my demos all the time.