Subject: Family » Parents

The only thing I said to my parents when I was a teenager was “Hang up, I got it!”

comedian, writer, actor & producer

Parents are not quite interested in justice, they are interested in peace and quiet.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

… without embarrassing parents there’d be no psychology.

(1955 – ) American actor, comedian, producer, director & singer

I don’t blame my parents for my dysfunctions… I blame their parents.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents’ shortcomings.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

(1900 – 1944) French aristocrat, writer, poet & pioneering aviator

For the parent of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into innings.

(1907 – 1987) journalist & columnist

Whatever happened to the good old days when kids was scared to death of their parents?

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

I’ve noticed that one thing about parents is that no matter what stage your child is in, the parents who have older children always tell you the next stage is worse.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

They waited until I was 20 to tell me I was adopted, and then last Christmas, they told me they were kidding.

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

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

Life: A span of time of which the first half is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children.

(1894 – 1972) King of the United Kingdom

When I was kidnapped my parents snapped into action… they rented out my room.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

We are the people our parents warned us about.

(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & businessman

My parents are mixed-race… my father prefers the 100 meters… my mom is Pakistani.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

I was raised by my father; my mother left before I was born.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Parents: The one thing children wear out faster than shoes.

They have keys to my house, which is – that’s a mistake… cause they’re supposed to be emergency keys, and their idea of an emergency is to come in and leave me apple juice.

(1960 – ) American actress, stand-up comedian & media personality

My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty, and that’s the law.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

When I was 15 years old, I got my learner’s permit, which meant that the state of Florida was now obligating me to learn to drive with the two worst drivers in the world: my mom and my dad.

(1959 – ) American comedian, comedy writer, actor & author