Quotes from Robert Breault

A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.

In a household of toddlers and pets, we discover this rule of thumb about happy families - that they are least two-thirds incontinent.

There is a strong chance that siblings who turn out well were hassled by the same parents.

A family is a bunch of people who keep confusing you with someone you were as a kid.

Perhaps we are given a mom that we might take into death the memory of a lullaby.

You will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway.

When there is hell to pay, it is usually cheaper to pay it than to finance an endless purgatory.

If you can't forgive and forget, pick one.

Some forgive and forget, more forgive and remember, most forgive and remind.

I like friends who, when you tell them you need a moment alone, know enough not to stray too far.

As a friend, you first give your understanding, then you try to understand.

There are truths of which I have an inkling, but of most I have only a pencilling

A wise saying is something you keep picking up off the floor in front of your fridge

As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around.

Parenthood is the passing of a baton, followed by a lifelong disagreement as to who dropped it.

There are secrets I will take to the grave and others I'd feel safer having cremated.

Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.

If you teach your children nothing else, teach them the Golden Rule and "righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.

We gain no easier advantage than by relentlessly pursuing our goal while others pursue an advantage.