Subject: Family (Page 14)

I know I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

When I went to college, my parents threw a going away party for me, according to the letter.

(1956 – ) American comedian

You know a man is a redneck if his mama keeps a spit-can on the ironin' board.

(1926 – 1998) American country comedian

Enough is never enough.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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

(1975 – ) British novelist

Marry your son when you will, but your daughter when you can.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Children have more energy after a hard day of play than they do after a good night's sleep.

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.

Genealogist: One who traces your family history back as far as your money will go. 

A woman never wakes up her second baby just to see it smile.

People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn’t have to pay the extra fifty cents the adults had to pay.

(1947 – ) basketball player, coach & actor

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

My two sisters’ idea of birth control is apparently a bottle of tequila and the rhythm method of Barry White.

American comedian & television host

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

(1858 – 1932) American physicist, physician & humorist

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

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

An ugly baby is a very nasty object – and the prettiest is frightful.

(1819 – 1901) English monarch of the United Kingdom

So, I’m licking jelly off my boyfriend… and all of a sudden I’m thinking… oh, my God, I’m turning into my mother.

(1970 – ) American comedian, writer & actress

If at first you don’t succeed, blame your parents.

writer

By the tine the youngest children have learned to keep the house tidy, the oldest grandchildren are on hand to tear it to pieces.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist