Subject: Family (Page 10)

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Cycling's a good thing for the youngsters, because it keeps them off the streets.

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

A father is someone who carries pictures in his wallet where his money used to be.

There is a special bathroom in heaven for the father of girls.

What’s the toughest thing in a professional football game? … Its being the mother of the quarterback.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

They were the type of children who would kill both parents and make you feel sorry for them because they were orphans.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

There never was a child so lovely, but his mother was glad to get him asleep.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

Grandmother: A babysitter who doesn’t hang around the refrigerator.

If you don’t believe in ghosts, you’ve never been to a family reunion.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Let the kids pay it – they still owe us rent and gas money.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign

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

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

My parents divorced when I was one year old so I don't really remember any of the details, but luckily my mom does so she's been really helpful.

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian, actress & writer

My wife and I are discussing whether we’re going to spank our child or not; I say wait ’til she does something wrong.

American comedian

One child is not enough, but two children are far too many.

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

The only thing I said to my parents when I was a teenager was “Hang up, I got it!”

comedian, writer, actor & producer

I hate when new parents ask who the baby looks like; it was born 15 minutes ago… it looks like a potato.

(1967 – ) American comedian, actor, producer & writer

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

And always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said, “A truck!”

(1956 – ) American comedian

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

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