Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family does too. -- AnonymousMother-in-law: A woman who destroys her son-in-law's peace of mind by giving him a piece of hers. -- AnonymousGovern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently. -- Chinese ProverbWhy do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy-- the mother. -- Claudette ColbertThe first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. -- Clarence DarrowThere are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you. -- Peter De VriesWhen I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones. -- Peter DeVriesHonolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother. -- Ken DoddA small family is soon provided for. -- English ProverbA coward is a hero with a wife, kids, and a mortgage. -- Marvin KitmanHaving children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. -- Michael Levine, Lessons at the Halfway PointHaving a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. -- Martin MullA man can't get rich if he takes proper care of his family. -- Navaho sayingTrust yourself. You know more than you think you do. -- Dr. Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician, address to new parentsWomen's liberationists spread the word that...the only peaceful family is one in which either the wife is enslaved or the husband is androgynous. -- R. Emmett Tyell, The Liberal Crack-Up, 1984Parents are the bones upon which children sharpen their teeth. -- Peter UstinovThe innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. -- Yiddish Proverb