Subject: Family (Page 30)

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

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

I have good looking kids; thank goodness my wife cheats on me.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I would rather start a family than finish one.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

I really wanted kids when I was in my early 20s but I could just never… lure them into my car; no, I'm kidding… I don’t have a license.

(1980 – ) Australian comedian

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

(1904 – 1973) English novelist & biographer

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Children and [zippers] do not respond to force… except occasionally.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

I was at the breakfast table this morning and I read in the newspaper that more and more adults are living at home with their parents; that surprised me, I was like “Mom did you read this?”

(1957 – ) American comedian

You might be a redneck if… you've got more than three cousins named 'Bubba'.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

My mother was so house proud that when my father got up to sleepwalk she had the bed made by the time he got back.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

My dad drives so slow that when we’re on the highway, Amish people give us the finger.

comedian

We’ve begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet – so we bought a dog; well, it’s cheaper, and you get more feet.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

There are only two things a child will share willingly – communicable diseases and his mother’s age.

(1903 – 1998) American pediatrician & author

When I was 16 years old, the morning of my birthday, my parents tried to surprise me with a car, but they missed.

American comedian

Big sisters are the crabgrass in the lawn of life.

cartoon character, Peanuts, Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000) cartoonist

We picked out old-fashioned names for our kids; our little boy is Hunter and our little girl is Gatherer. 

comedian

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

(1956 – ) American comedian

Where there’s a will, there’s a relative.

Raising kids is like being pecked to death by a chicken.

Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boarding a Newfoundland.

(1818 – 1885) humorist