Family Reunion

Chicken: An egg factory - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

By ancestry, I was born to rule. - Nelson Mandela

We are the people our parents warned us about. - Jimmy Buffett

I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world. - Bill Watterson

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors. - Voltaire

Eve: The first chicken to ruin a man's garden - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

There's no such thing as fun for the whole family. - Jerry Seinfeld

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. - Jesus Christ

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind. - The Bible

The two things children wear out are clothes and parents. - Unknown

My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest. - Mark Twain

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children. - Doris Day

There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent. - A.S. Neill

Remember as far as anyone knows, we're a nice normal family. - Homer Simpson

Why did the chicken cross the road? Because you didn't cook it! - Gordon Ramsay

Kidnapping: The short snatches of rest a parent gets when baby sleeps - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

Passing Tone: Frequently heard near the baked beans at family barbecues - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

We do not inherit the earth from our parents. We borrow it from our children. - Unknown

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent. - Dave Barry

My parents always told me I could do anything, but never told me how long it would take. - Rita Rudner

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings. - Hodding S. Carter

There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation. - Meryl Streep

Golden Age: When the kids are too old to need baby-sitters and too young to borrow the family car - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

Parents should leave books lying around marked "forbidden" if they want their children to read. - Doris Lessing

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. - Socrates

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years. - George Burns

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. - Oscar Wilde

In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. - Phil Donahue

I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers. - Patrick Chan

The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual. - Stephen Covey

I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus. - Shawn Johnson

Mule: 1. An animal that is stubbornly backward about going forward; 2. An animal who boasts that his ancestors were horses. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends. - Samuel Johnson

The greatest thing about man is his ability to transcend himself, his ancestry and his environment and to become what he dreams of being. - Tully C. Knoles

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along. - Antonin Scalia

What ya eat ain't got nuttin' to do with how old ya are. That all depends on your ancestors. It's what they call a matter of heresy. - Archie Bunker

How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father’s or mother's life? - Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

With the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital. - Stephen Covey

I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves. - Oscar Wilde