Subject: Family (Page 11)

It’s better to be black than gay because when you’re black you don’t have to tell your mother.

comedian, composer & lyricist

I’ve been like a mother to that girl. I’ve locked her in her room, told her she was fat, and once I even left her in a store!

(1958 – ) American actress & singer

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

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

In case it is one of mine.

(1785 – 1859) Boston boot maker & probation reformer

A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it.

(1954 – ) comedian & television 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

We have a beautiful little girl who we named after my mom; in fact Passive Aggressive Psycho turns five tomorrow.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Kids are wonderful… I like mine barbecued.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

We wondered why when a child laughed, he belonged to Daddy, and when he had a sagging diaper that smelled like a landfill – “He wants his mother.”

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Infant Prodigies: Young people with highly imaginative parents.

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

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Let the kids pay it – they still owe us rent and gas money.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign

Marry your son when you will, but your daughter when you can.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

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

I Heart My Little A-Holes

If it tastes good, you can't have it; if it tastes awful, you'd better clean your plate.

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.

Family reunions are when relatives gather from all over to be reminded why they scattered in the first place.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

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

I know their mother… she'd give them all my plays.

college football coach