Subject: Family » Children (Page 10)

When you’re a fat kid, you only get to be two things… funny and goalie.

(1980 – ) Canadian writer, comedian & political activist

A woman never wakes up her second baby just to see it smile.

After you have children, the economic law reverses to Demand and Supply.

writer

I don’t know what Scrope Davies meant by telling you I liked children, I abominate the sight of them so much that I have always had the greatest respect for the character of Herod.

(1788 – 1824) English poet

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Baby: Morning caller, noonday crawler, midnight bawler.

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

(384 BC – 322 BC) Greek philosopher

Giving away baby clothes and nursery furniture is a major cause of pregnancy.

novelist & travel writer

By the tine the youngest children have learned to keep the house tidy, the oldest grandchildren are on hand to tear it to pieces.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist

The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

To be honest, I’m not sure the same kid comes home each night.

(1907 – 1987) American journalist & author

Teacher: A disillusioned woman who used to think she liked children.

Father’s Feedback: The inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots.

Many children threaten at times to run away from home — this is the only thing that keeps many parents going.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

When your first baby drops its doll, you sterilize it; when your second baby drops its doll, you tell the dog to “Fetch.”

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

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

During the summer I like to go to the beach and make sand castles out of cement, and wait for kids to run by and try to kick them over.

comedian & actor

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

With Photoshop so readily available, there’s no reason ever to have a party for a two-year-old.

(1972 – ) stand-up comedian & writer

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

(1924 – 1987) American novelist, writer, playwright, poet & civil rights activist

Money isn’t everything but it sure keeps you in touch with your children.

(1943 – ) English comedian