Subject: Family (Page 21)

Quadruplets: Four crying out loud.

Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us

When you say 'Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime!' that's not what the child hears; what the child hears is 'Lie down in the dark… for hours… and don't move… I'm locking the door now.'

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

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

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

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

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

Heredity: The thing a child gets from the other side of the family.

writer

My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I’d be the only dad keeping his kids home from school to teach me how to get to the next level on a video game.

comedian

Whatever is on the floor will wind up in your baby’s mouth; whatever is in your baby’s mouth will wind up on the floor.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

The number of person's relatives is directly proportional to his fame.

Kids… it’s like living with homeless people.

(1965 – ) American comedian

What a childhood I had, why, when I took my first step, my old man tripped me!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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

(1941 – ) American actor

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

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

(1857 – 1938) American lawyer

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

There’s a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there’s a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

The worst feature of a new baby is its mother’s singing.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist