Subject: Family (Page 16)

I have a gold watch he [my father] sold to me on his deathbed; I wrote him a check for it… post-dated of course.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

The Sh!t No One Tells You: A Guide to Surviving Your Baby’s First Year

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

(1956 – ) American comedian

I love all my children… I’m delighted to see them come and delighted to see them go.

(1912 – 2002) English novelist

I would like to give these kids a good home; in fact, there’s one a few miles away from here…

(1957 – 2008) American comedian & actor

Raising kids is like being pecked to death by a chicken.

I feel like having a baby and having a dog are pretty much the same except for the part where your vagina gets ruined.

(1982 – ) American actress & comedian

Children are the most desirable opponents at Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

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

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it.

My old man never liked me; he gave me my allowance in traveler’s checks.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Her mother was a cultivated women… she was born in a greenhouse.

(1918 – 2002) Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet & playwright

I know their mother… she'd give them all my plays.

college football coach

Once on my birthday my ol’ man gave me a bat; the first day I played with it, it flew away.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I love little children, but they are like pinatas full of urine.

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

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

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

Father’s Feedback: The inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots.

All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

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

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.

(1905 –1998) American author

Does [life] begin at conception, or does it begin when the baby is an embryo? … anybody with children knows [it] don’t begin ’til they can pay their own damn bills.

(1963 – ) American actor & stand-up comedian