Subject: Family (Page 28)

There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

My daughter's tricycle said “Some Assembly Required” … it came in a jar!

(1957 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & screenwriter

Back then the women had babies, which they called in them days, begatten.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

The Night Dad Went to Jail

Billy Almon has all of his inlaws and outlaws here this afternoon.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Are you ever walking down the street and you see some guy you kind of know, and you don’t want to say hi, but you sort of have to because he’s your dad?

stand-up comedian, writer & actor

My wife and I are discussing whether we’re going to spank our child or not; I say wait ’til she does something wrong.

American comedian

Heredity: What a man believes in until his son begins to behave like a delinquent.

One time, my own father caught me watching a porno movie… the one thing you don’t want to hear in that situation is, ‘Son, move over.’

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

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

college football coach

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own parenthood, but it didn’t because parenting can be learned only by people who have no children.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

Familiarity breeds contempt… and children.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

She got her good looks from her father, he’s a plastic surgeon.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Believe me… if you leave twin two-year-olds alone in your living room, at some point a cow will be airborne.

(1957 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & screenwriter

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

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Any man that has never seen a baby emerge from another person’s body will walk around for months just going, ‘Oh my God; what else don’t I know about Planet Earth?’

(1955 – ) American actor, stand-up comedian & impressionist

My dad fought in World War II, and he never talks about it, of course – ’cause he’s Japanese.

comedian

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

I went to the cinema, and the prices were: Adults $5.00, children $2.50; so I said, “Give me two boys and a girl.”

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

When I was kidnapped my parents snapped into action… they rented out my room.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist