Subject: Family » Parents

There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

I know I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

[A successful parent is one] who raises a child who grows up and is able to pay for his or her own psychoanalysis.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director

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

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.

(1942 – ) Scottish comedian, musician & actor

You might be a redneck if… your parents met at a family reunion.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

As you get older you realize your parents don't look so dumb – and that you're not as smart as you thought you were.

(1957 – ) American comedian, actor & writer

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.

(1942 – ) Scottish comedian, musician & actor

Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

… without embarrassing parents there’d be no psychology.

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

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

I read somewhere that 26 is too old to still live with your parents; it was on a note, in my room.

comedian

My parents only had one argument in forty-five years; it lasted forty-three years.

American stand-up comedian, television writer & actor

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

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

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

I think it’s a good idea; it keeps the parents off the streets.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

Little League baseball is a good thing ’cause it keeps the parents off the streets, and it keeps the kids out of the house!

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1907 – 1987) journalist & columnist