Famous Quotes

"My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching."

Twyla Tharp 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 Twyla Tharp

• "Art is the only way to run away without leaving home."

• "The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts."

• "Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business."

• "The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts."

• "My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment."