Subject: Family » Parents (Page 4)

[A successful parent is one] who raises a child who grows up and is able to pay for his or her own psychoanalysis.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.

(1942 – ) Scottish comedian, musician & actor

My parents never understood me; they were Japanese.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both seems like carelessness.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Wrinkles are hereditary; parents get them from their children.

(1924 – ) American actress & singer

My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty, and that’s the law.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

One year my parents got me Hide and Seek for Christmas.

(1968 – ) Welsh comedian

As a child my parents said they believed in Santa Claus but that I didn’t exist.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

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

(1941 – ) American actor

I’m adopted, and I’m glad that my parents were honest enough with me to tell me that I’m adopted, but why every day?

(1972 – ) stand-up comedian & writer

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible… and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.

(1909 – 2000) Danish-born comedian & pianist