Subject: Family (Page 9)

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

I didn’t hate my mother; it was an accident!

(1940 – 1994) Puerto Rican actor

Of all the people whom I have studied, from city dwellers to cliff dwellers, I always find that at least 50 percent would prefer to have at least one jungle between themselves and their mothers-in-law.

(1901 – 1978) anthropologist

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

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.

(1927 – ) American cartoonist (Momma)

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator

I wrote a few children's books… not on purpose.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The worst feature of a new baby is its mother’s singing.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

I was raised as an only child… which really annoyed my sister.

British comedian

You might be a redneck if… you consider your license plate personalized because your dad made it in prison.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Grandmother: A babysitter who doesn’t hang around the refrigerator.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

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

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Bernadette: Everyone’s a better mom than me.

(1981 – ) Indian-English actor

Even when I go out with my mom I don't look at other moms.

(1949 – 2016) American comedian & television actor

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage; Taking children into a house with white carpet is one of them.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

You might be a redneck if… anyone in your family died right after saying, "Hey, y’all watch this!”

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

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

Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won’t feel like watching.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist