Famous Quotes

"I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much."

Don Marquis on Family

More quotes about Family

• "I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future."

  LaToya Jackson on Family

• "If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher."

  Abdul Kalam on Family

• "Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten."

  David Ogden Stiers on Family

• "The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege."

  Charles Kuralt on Family

• "Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship."

  Margaret Mead on Family

More quotes by Don Marquis

• "Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough."

• "Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever."

• "Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles."

• "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."

• "Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates."