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"Respect your parents. They passed school without Google.” 

“Nobody is more full of false hope than a Mom who places items on the stairs for her family members to carry up.” 

  “As a child, my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.” Buddy Hackett

“The advantage of only having one child is that you always know who did it.” Erma Bombeck

“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” Robert Frost  

“I know family comes first, but shouldn’t that mean after breakfast?” 

"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found." Calvin Trillin 

“There is so much I love about our little family, especially when they are all asleep.” 

"When your mother asks for a piece of advice, it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no, you’re going to get it anyway.” Erma Bombeck 

“And then I thought to myself, what is the point of cleaning if my family is going to keep living here?” 

“I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance – waiting for the bathroom.” Bob Hope 

“Blood is thicker than water but maple syrup is thicker than blood, so technically pancakes are more important than family.”  

“You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.” 

“My kids call it yelling when I raise my voice. I call it motivational speaking for the selective listener.” 

“A family of Irish birth will argue and fight, but let a shout come from without, and see them all unite.” 

“I’ve come to learn that the best time to debate family members is with food in their mouths.”

 “As the big hound is, so will the pup be.” 

 “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” George Burns

 “Families are just like fudge – sweet with a couple of nuts.” 

“The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.” George Carlin 

“Some of us were born into this family. Others were crazy enough to join by choice.” 

“A family unit is composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.” Ogden Nash 

“If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that ‘Members Not Present’ and ‘Subjects Discussed’ were one and the same.” Robert Brault 

“Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat back word for word what you shouldn’t have said.” 

“We are more than family. We are like a really small gang.”