Subject: Family (Page 26)

Rich people bring a lawyer; Latinos and blacks bring their moms.

(1976 – ) comedian

Her mother was a cultivated women… she was born in a greenhouse.

(1918 – 2002) Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet & playwright

Most people make babies out to be very complicated, but the truth is they have only three moods:
1.Just about to cry 2. Crying 3. Just finished crying.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

Kids… it’s like living with homeless people.

(1965 – ) American comedian

A teen-ager out of sight is like a kite in the clouds; even though you can’t see it you feel the tug on the string.

writer

When you say 'Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime!' that's not what the child hears; what the child hears is 'Lie down in the dark… for hours… and don't move… I'm locking the door now.'

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.

(1905 –1998) American author

You see much more of your children once they leave home.

(1911 – 1989) television actress

Many children threaten at times to run away from home — this is the only thing that keeps many parents going.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

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

British comedian

Moms Who Drink and Swear

Go away kid, you bother me.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

And always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said, “A truck!”

(1956 – ) American comedian

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 mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.

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

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.

(1814 – 1882) American clergyman

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

My kid wants to be a prison warden when he grows up so he can put thumb tacks on the electric chairs.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor