Subject: Family (Page 19)

It's better to go when you have to go – than to go and find you've already gone.

The time I was kidnapped, and the kidnappers sent my parents a note they said, “We want five thousand dollars or you’ll see your kid again.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.

(1962 – ) Canadian-American actor & comedian

I don’t know who my grandfather was; I’m much more concerned to know who his grandson will be.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

Parenthood is a lot easier to get into than out of.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

I’ve been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks; the rest of them take after the other side of the family.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents’ shortcomings.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

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

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

Alarm clock: An instrument used to wake up people who have no kids.

My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance.

(1953 – ) comedian & actor

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

Monsters Eat Whiny Children

Adolescence is that period in a kid’s life when parents become more difficult.

(1941 – ) American actor

Nepotism: A form of favoritism – relatively speaking.

A child will not spill on a dirty floor.

This is my second marriage, and I have a kid from my first marriage 'cause I like souvenirs.

(1963 – ) American comedian

Children always take the line of most persistence.

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Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.

(1908 – 1976) publisher & author

The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant – and let the air out of the tires.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Children should neither be seen nor heard from… ever again.

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

My father only hit me once – but he used a Volvo.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer