Subject: Family (Page 24)

Insanity doesn’t run in my family; it gallops.

(1904 – 1986) English-American actor

The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.

Even before the kids are born, you’ve got to make these decisions; if it’s a boy, do we get him circumcised?… if it’s a girl, do we keep her?

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

Family Planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster.

From time to time, my mother puts on her wedding dress; not because she’s sentimental, she just gets really far behind on her laundry.

comedian

Grandparents: The people who think your children are wonderful even though they’re sure you’re not raising them right.

The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

Can I Sit on Your Lap While You’re Pooping?

My husband's penis is like a semicolon… I can't remember what it's for and I never use it anyway.

British comedian

Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life is the other way round.

(1935 – ) British author

I’ve wanted to have a baby for about five years, but she wants one forever.

(1968 – ) English comedian & actor

The child that divides gets last pick.

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

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

When I was a boy, I laid in my twin size bed, wondering where my brother was.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Bud, don't be jealous, you're both of our children. It's just that Kelly's our favorite now.

(1954 – ) American actress & singer-songwriter

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

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Mother, there are terrorist cells that are more nurturing than you are.

(1958 – ) American actor & producer

Kids… it’s like living with homeless people.

(1965 – ) American comedian

A lot of people think kids say the darnedest things, but so would you if you had no education.

(1974 – ) Russian-born American comedian, writer & filmmaker

Heredity: The bad traits a child gets from the other side of the family.

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

(1956 – ) American comedian