Subject: Family (Page 23)

We've had bad luck with our kids… they've all grown up.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist

One child is not enough, but two children are far too many.

Cambridge is the kind of place where you can walk into a children’s bookstore and find a self-help section.

(1946 – ) American comedian, actor & voice actor

Family Planning: Having all your children while their grandparents are still young enough to be babysitters.

I love my dad… he used to be a professional wrestler in Mexico, so, it was cool growing up with him ’cause when he hit us, he didn’t really hit us.

(1976 – ) comedian

Every child has a right to go to high school and end up with a third grade education.

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

Baby: Morning caller, noonday crawler, midnight bawler.

My house is made out of balsa wood, so when I want to scare the neighborhood kids I lift it over my head and tell them to get out of my yard or I’ll throw it at them.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.

(1942 – ) Scottish comedian, musician & actor

Now the thing about having a baby – and I can’t be the first person to have noticed this – is that thereafter you have it.

(1922 – 2003) author & playwright

My mother was like a sister to me… only we didn’t have sex quite so often.

(1956 – ) American comedian

It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.

If it weren’t for baseball, many kids wouldn’t know what a millionaire looked like.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Wrinkles are hereditary; parents get them from their children.

(1924 – ) American actress & singer

Billy Almon has all of his inlaws and outlaws here this afternoon.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

My wife and I decided we don’t want children; if someone wants them, we’ll drop them off tomorrow.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

I was so ugly my mother used to feed me with a sling shot.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Then we figured out we could just park them in front of the TV; that's how I was raised and I turned out TV.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty, and that’s the law.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

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

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by mother, who sees that the others get it.

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