Subject: Family (Page 12)

My family taught me to take regrets one day at a time.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Don’t forget Mother’s Day; or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad’s Third Wife Day.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

The Night Dad Went to Jail

When I was 10, my pa told me never to talk to strangers; we haven’t spoken since.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

As a family we couldn't decide whether to have grandma buried or cremated… in the end, we let her live.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

Bernadette: Everyone’s a better mom than me.

(1981 – ) Indian-English actor

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

(1929 – ) English actress & singer

Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

When my parents got divorced, there was a custody fight over me… no one showed up.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I have two boys, 5 and 6… we’re no good at naming things in our house.

(1972 – ) Irish stand-up comedian, voice over artist & actor

Parents are not quite interested in justice, they are interested in peace and quiet.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

Having a kid is great… as long as his eyes are closed and he's not moving or talking.

(1966 – ) American actor, comedian, screenwriter & film producer

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

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

When my old man wanted sex… my mother would show him a picture of me.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.

(1908 – 1989) American actress of film, television & theater

I just got out of the hospital… I had my mother removed from my back.

comedian & television writer

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

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

(1775 – 1834) English critic & essayist

There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both seems like carelessness.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

A child will not spill on a dirty floor.