Subject: Family (Page 19)

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

(1775 – 1834) English critic & essayist

There are three reasons for breastfeeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can’t get it.

(1935 – ) London-born American author & food commentator

I was kidnapped and they sent back a piece of my finger to my father; he said he wanted more proof.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Kids used to ask you where they came from – now they tell you where to go.

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

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Genealogy: An account of one’s descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Never underestimate a child’s ability to get into more trouble.

(1943 – ) comedian & actor

I like going to the park and watching the children run and jump around, because you see, they don't know I'm using blanks.

(1956 – ) American comedian

Because you are feeding both the child and the floor, raising this child will be expensive.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

Father: An ATM provided by nature.

I had an advantage – I slept with his mother.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own parenthood, but it didn’t because parenting can be learned only by people who have no children.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

When I was younger, I really wanted a skateboard but my parents couldn't afford one; so one morning, I woke up early and went to the garage, I got some wood and some nails… and beat my parents to death.

My foster parents bought me 5 skateboards.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

What a childhood I had, why, when I took my first step, my old man tripped me!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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

college football coach

A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

Kin: An affliction of the blood.

The old system of having a baby was much better than the new system; the old system being characterized by the fact that the man didn't have to watch.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

My mother’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

Are you ever walking down the street and you see some guy you kind of know, and you don’t want to say hi, but you sort of have to because he’s your dad?

stand-up comedian, writer & actor

Did you know babies are nauseated by the smell of a clean shirt?

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality