Subject: Family (Page 3)

You know how growing up we all had that voice inside our head that tells us we’re not good enough? Well, mine was outside my head driving me to school.

(1970 – ) American actress

I was born when my dad was 50; it’s weird growing up with a dad that much older than you… we’d go to the movies, we’re both getting discounts.

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

When I was ten, my family moved to Downers Grove Illinois; when I was twelve, I found them.

(1956 – ) American comedian

All the men in my family are bald, and all the women are hunchbacked – and they don’t know we’re bald.

comedian

And even though I’m proud my father invented the rear view mirror, we’re not as close as we appear.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forbearance among men.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

The number of person's relatives is directly proportional to his fame.

I love all my children… I’m delighted to see them come and delighted to see them go.

(1912 – 2002) English novelist

There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

(1903 – 1974) English intellectual, literary critic & writer

I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice [his daughter], I cannot possibly do both.

(1858 – 1919) 26th U.S. president

You know, it was only after my father showed me what I would inherit that I struggled to keep him alive.

(1967 – ) English comedian

What ya eat ain't got nuttin' to do with how old ya are. That all depends on your ancestors. It's what they call a matter of heresy.

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

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

I don’t visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won’t wait in the yard while I run in.

stand-up comedian, actor, writer & producer

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

(1884 – 1972) 33rd U.S. president

When traveling with children… at least one child of any number of children will request a rest room stop exactly halfway between any two given rest areas.

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

(1943 – ) comedian & actor

Baby: Nine months interest on a small deposit.

There never was a child so lovely, but his mother was glad to get him asleep.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

I am fond of children (except boys).

(1832 – 1898) English author, mathematician, logician & photographer