Subject: Family » Children

A child can be taught not to do certain things, such as touch a hot stove, pull lamps off of tables, and wake Mommy before noon.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

I thought when I was 41, I would be married with kids… well, to be honest I thought I would be married with weekend access.

(1965 – ) British-Irish comedian, writer & actor

The ambition of every small boy is to wash his mother’s ears.

The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant – and let the air out of the tires.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

My wife’s not too smart; I told her our kids were spoiled… she said, “all kids smell that way.”

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life is the other way round.

(1935 – ) British author

I like children… if they’re properly cooked.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

A child of five would understand this; send someone to fetch a child of five.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Children are the most desirable opponents at Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

Baby: An inhabitant of Lapland.

Never let a child wearing Superman pajamas sleep on the top bunk.

A child is a person who can’t understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

Toddlers Are A**holes: It’s Not Your Fault

All television is children's television.

advertising expert & editor

Smack your child every day; if you don’t know why – he does.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

Without identical twins, you’ll never get to experience entering a hotel room with one of them and watching him run into the full-length mirror because he though he saw his brother.

(1957 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & screenwriter

I was the kid next door’s imaginary friend.

(1956 – ) American comedian

Any child who chatters nonstop at home will adamantly refuse to utter a word when requested to demonstrate for an audience.

Everyone talks about dead-beat dads; what about the kids who just aren’t worth the child support?

American comedian & writer