Subject: Family (Page 11)

Even before the kids are born, you’ve got to make these decisions; if it’s a boy, do we get him circumcised?… if it’s a girl, do we keep her?

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

Never underestimate a child’s ability to get into more trouble.

(1943 – ) comedian & actor

Kids say the darndest things.

(1912 – 2010) Canadian-born American radio & television personality & humorist

If your parents never had children, chances are you won’t either.

(1936 – ) television talk show host

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

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

I don’t blame my parents for my dysfunctions… I blame their parents.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

My parents were very protective; I couldn’t even cross the street without them getting all excited and… placing bets.

(1956 – ) American comedian

No child throws up in the bathroom.

Christmas always sucked when I was a kid because I believed in Santa Claus, and unfortunately, so did my parents.

(1973 – ) American stand-up comedian

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that a child cannot do much harm one way or another.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

Teaching wasn’t that bad – except for the kids.

comedian

I was raised by my father; my mother left before I was born.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

One day my father took me aside… and left me there.

(1924 – 1987) American stand-up ‘deadpan’ comedian and actor

If my dead father was alive to hear that, it would kill him.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

I’ve wanted to have a baby for about five years, but she wants one forever.

(1968 – ) English comedian & actor

Parents: The one thing children wear out faster than shoes.

I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford… then I want to move in with them.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

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

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

If I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I’d trip her up.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager