Subject: Family (Page 5)

My parents are mixed-race… my father prefers the 100 meters… my mom is Pakistani.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

I didn’t hate my mother; it was an accident!

(1940 – 1994) Puerto Rican actor

Children and [zippers] do not respond to force… except occasionally.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

We’ve begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet – so we bought a dog; well, it’s cheaper, and you get more feet.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Parents are embarrassed when their children tell lies, and even more embarrassed when they tell the truth.

I was born when my dad was 50; it’s weird growing up with a dad that much older than you… we’d go to the movies and we’re both getting discounts.

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

If my dead father was alive to hear that, it would kill him.

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

I know how to do anything — I’m a mom.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

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

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

You might be a redneck if… you removed the back seat from your car so all yer kids could fit in.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

They have keys to my house, which is – that’s a mistake… cause they’re supposed to be emergency keys, and their idea of an emergency is to come in and leave me apple juice.

(1960 – ) American actress, stand-up comedian & media personality

There is not a man in America who has not had a secret ambition to boot an infant.

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

My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice; for ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

I’ll be spending the holidays with my family; nothing special, just some light bickering and biting sarcasm.

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

My grandmother died having sex… I still cry every time I watch the video.

(Uncle Lar) American comedian

Wrinkles are hereditary; parents get them from their children.

(1924 – ) American actress & singer

I’d like to have a kid, but I’m not sure I’m ready to spend ten years of my life constantly asking someone where his shoes are.