Subject: Family » Children (Page 7)

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

I’d be the only dad keeping his kids home from school to teach me how to get to the next level on a video game.

comedian

The worst feature of a new baby is its mother’s singing.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Baby: A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

(1888 – 1957) English priest & theologian

Twins: Infant replay.

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

All television is children's television.

advertising expert & editor

As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I’ve done my job.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

It’s a mystery of parenthood that your son can give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to stray, worm-riddled dogs, share a piece of re-chewed gum from a kid with bronchitis and pick his nose and eat it on a regular basis, yet won’t sit next to his sister because of ‘Girl Germs.’

(1958 – ) Australian author

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

(1884 – 1972) 33rd U.S. president

Taking care of a newborn baby means devoting yourself, body and soul, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to the welfare of someone whose major response, in the way of positive reinforcement, is to throw up on you.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

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

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

Parents – especially step-parents – are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children; they don’t fulfill the promise of their early years.

(1905 – 2000) English writer

May she play the Drums to the fiery rhythm of her Own Heart with the sinewy strength of her Own Arms, so she need Not Lie With Drummers.

(1970 – ) American actress, comedian, writer & producer

What's the advantage of having a kid at 49?… you can both be in diapers at the same time?

stand-up comedian

It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.

I don’t have any children but if I had a baby I would have to name it so I’d buy a “baby naming book” … or I would invite somebody over who had a cast on.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Every parent knows that for a kid, the car is chloroform.

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

Family Planning: Having all your children while their grandparents are still young enough to be babysitters.