Subject: Family » Fathers (Page 3)

I guess the biggest issue my husband and I are going to have is how do we raise the baby… because he’s Jewish and I’m Protestant and the baby’s father is Catholic.

Canadian-American comedian & writer

Father: A guy who is working his child’s way through college.

My old man never liked me; he gave me my allowance in traveler’s checks.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

With my old man I got no respect: I asked him, "How can I get my kite in the air?" He told me to run off a cliff.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

My old man… I told him I'm tired of running around in circles… so he nailed my other foot to the floor.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around; but when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

My father is schizophrenic, but he’s good people.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

My daughter genuinely asked me to hand her the basketball bat… I might be failing as a father.

(1963 – ) American comedian & author

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

(384 BC – 322 BC) Greek philosopher

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father’s religion, if they can find out what it is.

(1775 – 1834) English critic & essayist

My dad is actually a manic depressive, which is very exciting half the time.

(1963 – ) American stand-up comedian

My father was a man of few words and I remember him saying to me, “Son…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

My father was stupid; he worked in a bank and they caught him stealing pens.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Father: An ATM provided by nature.

Me and my dad used to play tag, he’d drive!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

You might be a redneck if… your dad walks you to school because you’re in the same grade.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I dedicate this show to my dad who was a roofer… so dad, if you’re up there…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each.



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

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

My father wanted me to have all the educational opportunities he never had… so he sent me to a girls school.

(1975 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host