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Quotes About Family

I get my sense of humor from my parents. That's why they don't have one anymore.
~ Wendy Liebman
My father said, "Okay, enough with the Jewish school." He put me into a public school and he said, "If you are the first one in your class, that means the school is bad." That was his humor.
~ Chantal Akerman
There's no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get clobbered by some parental tidal wave.
~ Wendelin Van Draanen
When I left home, my mum said "Don't forget to write", I thought, "That's unlikely"... It's a basic skill isn't it.
~ Tim Vine
My sense of humor will always stand in the way of my seeing myself, my family, my race or my nation as the whole intent of the universe.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
My dark comic edge is the end result of trying to use humor to maintain my sanity growing up in a dysfunctional family in Honolulu.
~ Kirby Wright
Home is important. Its important to have a home.
~ George W. Bush
I do think we need for a troop to be able to house his family. That's an important part of building morale in the military.
~ George W. Bush
We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and laughing later if there was anything to laugh about.
~ Muriel Spark
That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
~ Brendan Behan
I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family.
~ Jeff Foxworthy
A grandchild is God's reward for raising a child.
~ Bill Cosby
My parents and I always put great emphasis on telling stories that appeal to a child's sense of humor.
~ Mike Berenstain
It was hidden inside another book. One Valentine was unlikely to ever open." Magnus smiled crookedly. "Simple Recipes for Housewives. No one can say your mother didn't have a sense of humor.
~ Cassandra Clare
George: Why've you had a grudge against your brother for 15 years? Benny: We Lopezes are a proud people... George: You have a birthday lunch at Denny's every month. We're not that proud!
~ George Lopez
I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would become the gist for cartoonists.
~ George W. Bush
Today's Father Day and we're giving you a tie, it's not much you know, it's just our way of showing you, you're a regular guy.
~ Groucho Marx
My family were hitters. If you made them laugh, they didn't hit you. My dad wouldn't hit me if I got him with humor right between the eyes.
~ Roseanne Barr
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows
~ Erma Bombeck
My family has a Christmas tradition: Every year, they kill my mom.
~ James Aquilone, At Year's End
Forget I ever referred to my mother and screwing in the same sentence. That's just .... wrong. On so many levels.
~ Emma Chase
When I was a wee little kid, " remarked Roic, watching over their shoulders, "there was a time I thought that any skinny old man I saw was my grandfather. It was pretty confusing.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold, CryoBurn
I had a very funny and depressing talk with my seventy-four-year-old mother. I decided, she doesn't have a bucket list - she has a kick-the-bucket list.
~ Lori Lesko
My dad was nothing but a bingo call.
~ Ripley Patton, Ghost Hand