Subject: Family (Page 10)

A boy becomes a man when he stops asking his father for an allowance and requests a loan.

I love my family, but that is no reason why I need to acknowledge them in public.

(1929 – ) English actress & singer

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

My mother was the worst cook ever; in school, when we traded lunches, I had to throw in an article of clothing.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Wednesday… play with your food!

(1951 – ) American actress & director

You might be a redneck if… your dad’s cell number has nothing to do with a telephone.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

The child that divides gets last pick.

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

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

I’d like to have a kid, but I’m not sure I’m ready to spend ten years of my life constantly asking someone where his shoes are.

When traveling with children… at least one child of any number of children will request a rest room stop exactly halfway between any two given rest areas.

I asked my old man if I could go ice-skating on the lake; he told me, “Wait til it gets warmer.”

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

A balanced meal is whatever stays on the spoon en route to a baby’s mouth.

(1958 – ) Australian author

When Mel told his Jewish mother he was marrying an Italian girl, she said: ‘Bring her over; I’ll be in the kitchen—with my head in the oven.‘

(1931 – 2005) American actor

My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty, and that’s the law.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

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

Kids used to ask you where they came from – now they tell you where to go.

The best ally you can have in breaking up a street fight is a grandmother.

(John Bloom) (1953 – ) American film critic, writer & actor

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.

We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

You don’t have favorites among your children but you do have allies.

(1975 – ) British novelist