Subject: Family » Children (Page 7)

Insanity is hereditary – you get it from your children.

(1911 – 1980) humorist, writer, television host & journalist

An adolescent doesn’t always know where he’s going; only that he isn’t there.

writer

A three-year-old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

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

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

You know who really gives kids a bad name? … Posh and Becks.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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

writer

May she play the Drums to the fiery rhythm of her Own Heart with the sinewy strength of her Own Arms, so she need Not Lie With Drummers.

(1970 – ) American actress, comedian, writer & producer

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

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

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

Can’t have a favorite, [child] I don’t… I treat my main son and the other two exactly the same way.

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

My kid wanted a BB gun for Christmas, I got him the BB gun and he gave me a sweater with a bull’s eye on it.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

There is no reciprocity; men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.

Anna Haycraft (1932 – 2005) English writer & essayist

Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Raising kids is like being pecked to death by a chicken.

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

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

I was just surprised when my wife told me we were having a baby. I was like, “Wow, that’s awesome. You’re going to make a great single mom.”

(1966 – ) American actor, musician & comedian

An ugly baby is a very nasty object – and the prettiest is frightful.

(1819 – 1901) English monarch of the United Kingdom

Children are a great comfort in your old age… and they help you reach it faster too.

My mother loved children – she would have given anything if I had been one.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children.

(1894 – 1972) King of the United Kingdom