I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a longing for understanding and connection within family history.
Carol Burnett's quote reflects a deep desire for familial connection and the importance of sharing personal stories across generations. It highlights the value of leaving behind memories and feelings, as these narratives can help future generations understand their roots and the experiences that shaped their family members.
In practice
In a family gathering, to initiate discussions about family history and bond with relatives.
My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres.
You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I'm glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy.
It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.
I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother in the '40s because there was no cynicism.
Edgy is fine - I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination - but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that.
My favourite comedian, of course, is Tim Conway. He has a way about him - being that belly-laugh kind of funny, and he has the improvisational skills, too. I've never seen anybody better.
My grandmother raised five children during the Depression by herself. At 50, she threw her sewing machine into the back of a pickup truck and drove from North Dakota to California. She was a real survivor, so that's my stock. That's how I want my kids to be too.
Tell your kids you love them as much as you possibly can, because you're not promised one second to the next.
The difference between a child's aspiration and that family's situation, is the exact measurement of that family's frustrations.
In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.
Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.
Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
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