Generations Past And Present

People like to trace their ancestry. - Richard Dawkins

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

Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your children. - Sam Levenson

Family is not an important thing - it's everything. - Michael J. Fox

All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women. - WC Fields

The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights. - J Paul Getty

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

The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard. - Robin Williams

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

Insomnia: a contagious disease often transmitted from babies to parents. - Shannon Fife

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. - George Bernard Shaw

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

Live so you won't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers

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

If we stand tall, it's because we stand on the shoulders of many ancestors. - Unknown

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

Conventions are like coins, an easy way of dealing with the commerce of relations. - Freya Stark

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

A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children. - Dave Barry

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

Genetic Engineering: A recent attempt to formalize what farmers have been doing all along. - Unknown

We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment. - Bill Keane

I came from a big family. As a matter of fact, I never got to sleep alone until I was married. - Lewis Grizzard

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. - Thomas J. Barnardo

I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie. - Jimmy Fallon

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown

Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue. - Peter Gallagher

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future. - Gail L. Buckley

Every family story has 1,000 other stories contained within it, like an unending series of nesting dolls. - Alison Pick

I've come to learn that the best time to debate family members is when they have good in their mouths. - Kenneth Cole

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance. - Suze Orman

All dentists talk while they work. They have inherited this from their professional ancestors, the barbers. - Mark Twain

Family, religion, friendship... these are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. - Mr. Burns

My parents have been visiting me for a few days. I just dropped them off at the airport. They leave tomorrow. - Margaret Smith

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

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. - Thomas Overbury

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

Fang took the entire family out for coffee and donuts the other night. The kids enjoyed it. It was the first time they'd ever given blood. - Phyllis Diller

I'll paddle board, swim in the ocean, roll in the sand, soak up the sun, eat good food, be with friends and family and go fishing with my dad. - Behati Prinsloo

Blind dates are treacherous. You don't know who this person is. You wonder, "Should I call my grandma during coffee to get out of this?" - Alan Alda