IDIOM WORKSHEETS: FAMILY

WORKSHEET 1.

1. Feladat. Egészítsd ki az alábbi mondatokat egy-egy szóval a dobozból.

HEAD - RUNS -WELL - FEET - STARTED - BACON - PANTS - BONE

1. The family cottage was a major ...... of contention when their father died.
2. He is out bringing home the ...... and is very busy.
3. He always buries his ...... in the sand and never wants to deal with his family problems at all.
4. He is a good family man and always has his ...... on the ground.
5. Being a left-handed golfer ...... in our family.
6. He settled down and ...... a family after he finished university.
7. She is very strong and seems to be the one who wears the ...... in her family.
8. He comes from a rather ......-to-do family.

2. Feladat. Válaszd ki a mondatba NEM illõ választ a következõ mondatokban. Vigyázz, van egy
kis trükk: elõfordulhat, hogy mind a négy megoldás jó, ilyen esetben válaszd az 'E'-t!

1. Should I take Jane or Jill out for a drink? ......

A) For all I care!
B) It's all the same to me
C) It makes no difference to me.
D) I don't give a damn.
E) All the four answers are correct!

2. Do you think that Jane and Jill are coming tonight?

A) I wouldn't have thought so.
B) I would be surprised if they did.
C) I don't think it.
D) I'm doubtful about that.
E) All the four answers are correct!

3. When I last saw Jack he ...... .

A) was blind drunk
B) was drinking like a fish
C) had one too many
D) was as drunk as a beaver
E) All the four answers are correct!

4. Frank earns just enough ...... .

A) to keep the wolf from the door
B) to hit the living
C) to get by
D) make ends meet
E) All the four answers are correct!

5. A divorce is definitely going to ...... on a child's character.

A) make an affect
B) leave its mark
C) have an impact
D) have an effect
E) All the four answers are correct!

6. We usually ...... playing with the children.

A) get a lot of pleasure out of
B) enjoy ourselves a lot
C) have a terrific time
D) have fun
E) All the four answers are correct!

3. Feladat. Egészítsd ki az alábbi mondatokat egy-egy szóval. Segítség: minden kifejezést

megtalálhatsz a fenti feladatokban!

1. He is far from being rich; he earn just enough to keep the ...... from the door.
2. 'Your ex-wife got married last week.' 'For ...... I care!'
3. We always have a ...... time in the park with the dog.
4. Aggressive TV programmes leave their ...... on children, I'm convinced.
5. You don't work and neither does your wife. I can't see how you make ...... meet.
6. I'm afraid Sam is on the bottle, when we met yesterday, he was ...... drunk.
7. What I like about him is that he is so realistic, he has ...... feet on the ground.
8. He is not poor. On the contrary, he comes from a well-to-......, middle-class family.
9. He is a shy, henpecked man, without the shadow of a doubt: it is his wife that ...... the pants in the
family.
10. Both of his parents are excellent chess players - it ...... in the family, I guess.

WORKSHEET 2.

1. Feladat. Egészítsd ki az alábbi mondatokat egy-egy szóval a dobozból.

BLUSH - ABSENT - RULE - BUSH - APPLE - EARS - AT - ALL - ABOUT - BACK - TIME

1. It is about ______ that you returned that book to me.

2. My grandfather is very ______ -minded and often forgets his key.
3. ______ at once, he stood up and left her without a word. We haven't heard of him ever since.
4. I`m all ______ , I want to know everything about the party.
5. As a ______ , she isn't allowed to go to parties. You know, she is the ______ of her mother's eye.
6. Stop beating about the ______ and give us your final decision.
7. At first ______ he seemed like a good worker but later we had many problems with him.
8. We have been ______ loggerheads over their plans to build a new office complex.
9. He is very angry because they keep talking about him behind his ______ .
10. She was ______ to leave when the phone rang.

2. Feladat. A fenti megoldások alapján fordítsd le az alábbi mondatokat

1. Éppen fel akartam hívni, amikor becsengetett.

2. Elsõ ránézésre, nem nagyon nehéz ez a munka.
3. Lassan ideje, hogy keress valami munkát.
4. Hagyd abba a félrebeszélést. Mit akarsz tõlem?
5. Nagy vita van köztünk arról, hogy vajon megvegyük-e az új autót.
6. Mesélj valamit a múltadról; csupa fül vagyok.
7. Nem szeretem, ha a hátam mögött megyeznek dolgokban.
8. Általában nem szoktam munkatársakkal randizni, de neki nem tudtam ellenállni.
9. Olyan szórakozott, múltkor összekeverte a a legjobb barátját a menyasszonyával, és megkérte a
kezét.
10. Õ az édesanyja 'szeme fénye'.
11. Egyszer csak a kutya odafutott hozzá, és felugrott a hátára.

Megoldások:

WORKSHEET 1.
1. Feladat
1 bone
2. bacon
3. head
4. feet
5. runs
6. started
7. pants
8. well

2. Feladat
1. E
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. E

3. Feladat
1. wolf
2. all
3. terrific
4. mark
5. ends
6. blind
7. his/both
8. do
9. wears
10. runs

WORKSHEET 2.

1. Feladat
1. time
2. absent
3. all
4. ears
5. rule
6. bush
7. blush
8. at
9. back
10. about

2. Feladat
1. I was about to call him, when he rang the bell.
2. At first blush, this job is not that hars.
3. It's about time you found some work.
4. Stop beating about the bush. What do you want from me?
5. We are at loggerheads whether to buy the new car or not.
6. Tell me something about your past, I'm all ears.
7. I don't like it when they agree on something behind my back.
8.As a rule, I never date colleagues, but I couldn't resist him.
9. He is so absent-minded, the other day he mixed up his fiancee with his best friend and proposed to
him.
10. He is the apple of his mother's eye.
11. All at once, the dog ran up to him and jumped on his back.
 ANGOL-MAGYAR
PÉLDAMONDATTÁR
Igyekszünk minden témakörhöz példamondattárat is adni, ami több célt szolgál:
1. A 'Family' fejezetben megtanult szavakat és kifejezéseket viszontláthatod magyar fordítással,
szövegkörnyezetben.
2. Megtanulhatsz rengeteg egyéb kifejezést a témával kapcsolatban, ezeknek szintén látod a magyar
megfelelõit.
3. Ha lusta vagy az egész anyagon végigverekedni magad, és gyorsan szeretnél sok anyaghoz jutni, akkor
egyszerûen használd a példamondattárat, ahol nagyon gyorsan nagyon sok anyagot tanulhatsz meg.
Persze hiába van a példamondattár, hiába a szövegkörnyezet, fontos a sok jó kifejezést egymás mögé rakni,
hogy valami kerekebb legyen belõle. Javaslatunk: használj fel annyi kifejezést, amennyit csak tudsz, és írj
magadról, a saját családodról egy kis fogalmazást. Ezt mutasd meg tanáraidnak, akik biztosan segítenek, vagy
akár küldd el nekünk, és megnézzük mi.

Most pedig jöjjenek a példamondatok:

1. I grew up in a large family. 1. Nagy családban nõttem fel.

2. My father is the head of the family. 2. Édesapám a család feje.
3. I have a brother, who is five years older than me. 3. Van egy bátyám, aki öt évvel idõsebb, mint én.
4. He got married a coulpe of years ago. 4. Pár évvel ezelõtt nõsült meg.
5. Who is the breadwinner in your family? 5. Ki a kenyérkeresõ a családban nálatok?
6. We don't have a very close contact with them. 6. Nincs nagyon szoros kapcsolatunk velük.
7. He brought up his children on his own. 7. Egyedül nevelte fel a gyerekeit.
8. His mother-in-law drives him crazy. 8. Megõrjíti az anyósa.
9. He keeps telling everydody that he'll get a divorce 9. Állandóan azt mondogatja mindenkinek, hogy
soon. el fog válni.
10. He lives in the US now, but we keep in touch by 10. Most az USA-ban él, de telefonon tartjuk a
phone. kapcsolatot.
11. I bumped into my uncle the other day. 11. Belebotlottam a nagybátyámba a minap.
12. He comes from quite a small family. 12. Kis családból származik.
13. It's typical nowadays that only the immediate 13. Manapság jellemzõ, hogy csak a közvetlen
family live together. család él együtt.
14. We are having problems trying to find work. 14. Nehezen találunk munkát.
15. He is an only child, and he grew up in a one-
15. Egyke, és egyszülõs csládban nõtt fel.
parent family.
16. Do you get on well with your parents? 16. Jól kijössz a szüleiddel?
17. Boldog házasságban él, és van három
17. He is happily married with three children.
gyermeke.
18. He has lived a very routine life since he started 18. Elég egyhangú életet él, mióta elkezdett
to work for that company. annál a cégnél dolgozni.
19. As I see it, the problem is that so many mothers 19. Ahogy én látom, a gond az, hogy sok anya
want to go out to work. szeretne dolgozni.
20. I suppose tolerance and understanding are 20. Azt gondolom, hogy tolerancia és megértés
crucial for a happy marriage. elengedhetetlen egy boldog házasságban.
21. We used to share a flat with the in-laws. 21. Régen együtt laktunk az 'anyósékkal'.
22. During my early childhood we used to visit our 22. Gyerekkoromban minden második hétvégén
grandparents every other weekend. meglátogattuk a nagyszüleimet.
23. He is not in the least interested in starting a 23. Egyáltalán nem érdekli még, hogy családot
family yet. alapítson.
 24. Azt akarta, hogy maradjon otthon/hogy 'htb'
24. He wanted her to be a stay-at-home wife; no
legyen. Nem csoda, hogy beadta a
wonder she filed for divorce.
válókeresetet.
25. My friends are around my age. 25. A barátaim kb. egykorúak velem.
26. He wasn't overjoyed when I told him it was his 26. Nem repesett az örömtõl, amikor
turn to wash the car. megmondtam neki, hogy õ jön a kocsimosásban.
27. He used to work in England but I don't know 27. Angliában dolgozott, de nem tudom
where exactly. pontosan, hogy hol.
28. He was not much of a teacher, I suppose. 28. Nem volt valami nagy tanár, gondolom.
29. Nowadays it's not typical for men to do things 29. Manapság nem jellemzõ, hogy a férfiak
around the house. segítenek a ház körül.
30. Jena loves him and he cares for her, too. 30. Jena szereti, és õ is szereti Jena-t.
31. He has three children, which means he has to 31. Három gyermeke van, ami azt jelenti, hogy
work a lot to make ends meet. sokat kell dolgoznia, hogy megéljen.
32. Well, that's about all I can tell you about my 32. Hát, kb. ez minden amit errõl mondani tudok
cousins. neked.
33. He loves the in-laws, but he doesn't get on well 33. Szereti az 'anyósékat', de nem jön ki a vér
with his blood relation. szerinti rokonaival.
34. They adopted a child a couple of years ago. 34. Pár éve örökbe fogadtak egy gyereket.
35. His aggressive behaviour affected the children, 35. Biztos vagyok benne, hogy az agresszív
I'm sure. viselkedése hatással volt a gyerekekre.
36. He went to live abroad at the age of 88. 36. 88 éves korában külföldre költözött.
37. Nagyon hasonlít az egyénisége az
37. She is similar in personality to her mother.
édesanyjáéhoz.
38. Nagyon magányos vagyok, mióta elment
38. I've been very lonely since he left for Britain.
Nagy-Britanniába.
39. Ebben a könyvben 3 különbözõ háttérrel
39. In this book, three families of various
rendelkezõ család osztja meg velünk véleményét
background offer their perspective on family values.
a családi értékekrõl.
40. Every family is unique, there's no set formula to 40. Minden család más/egyedi, nincs biztos 'egy'
solve problems within the family. recept a családi problémák megoldására.
41. He emphasised the significance of trust and 41. Hangsúlyozta a bizalom és a családi
family traditions. hagyományok fontosságát.
42. They shared a close relationship with their 42. Nagyon közeli kapcsolatban voltak a
parents. szüleikkel.
43. She pointed out that respect and forgiveness 43. Kiemelte, hogy a tisztelet, és a megbocsátás
were important values for her. számára fontos értékek.
44. They went to see a family guidance specialist. 44. Elmentek egy családi tanácsadóhoz.
45. He is a kind person, his heart is in the right
45. Kedves ember, nyíltszívû/jóindulatú.
place.
46. He was happy because his father was in a good
46. Örült, mert édesapjának jó kedve volt.
mood.
47. She went to a lot of trouble to make her cousins 47. Mindent megtett, hogy az unokatestvérei jól
feel at home. érezzék magukat.
48. When she broke the horrible news to Jim, he 48. Amikor közölte Jim-mel a rossz hírt, õ
burst into tears. könnyekben tört ki.
49. Nem nézheted meg azt a filmet, csak
49. You can't see that movie, it's for adults only.
felnõtteknek szól.
50. She is over 95 now, so she lives in an old 50. Most már elmúlt 95 éves, úgyhogy egy
people's home. öregek otthonában él.
51. We had our 10th wedding anniversary last 51. A múlt héten volt a 10. házassági
week. évfordulónk.
52. Occasionally I see Jane , she is not really a 52. Néha találkozom Jane-nel, de nem a
friend, just an acquaintance. barátom, csak egy ismerõs.
53. Four months after their engagement, they finally 53. Négy hónappal az eljegyzés után végre
set the day. elhatározták, hogy összeházasodnak.
54. There's a strong resemblance between them. 54. Nagyon hasonlítanak egymásra.
55. He is going out with my younger sister. 55. A fiatalab húgommal jár.
56. They are so much in love with each other, they 56. Annyira szeretik egymást, õk egy tökéletes
are a perfect match. pár.
57. They were really made for each other. They 57. Egymásnak lettek teremtve, annyi közös van
have so much in common. bennük.
58. She is very popular, she has a wide circle of
58. Nagyon népszerû, nagy baráti köre van.
friends.
59. Sam is going to be our best man. 59. Sam lesz a võfélyünk.
60. Aunt Agatha is in her nineties, but she lives a 60. Agatha nénénk a kilencvenes éveit tapossa,
very full life. de teljes életet él.
61. The survey found that latchkey children usually 61. A kutatás kimutatta, hogy a kulcsos gyerekek
call their parents at work. gyakran felhívják a szüleiket a munkahelyükön.
62. Nowadays only the nuclear family live together. 62. Manapság csak a közvetlen család él együtt.
63. Have you heard that Jean's in the family way? 63. Hallottad, hogy Jean terhes?
64. My father was the black sheep - he ran away at 64. Édesapám volt a család fekete báránya. 16
16 to become an actor and his parents never évesen megszökött, hogy színész legyen, és a
forgave him. szülei soha nem bocsátottak meg neki.
65. Nagyon lelkiismeretes családapának
65. He was known as a devoted family man.
ismerték.
66. Athletic ability runs in the family: his father 66. Az atlétikai tehetség családi hagyomány
played basketball in college and his mother was a náluk; édesapja kosárlabdázott a fõiskolán,
high school athlete. édesanyja pedig atletizált a középiskolában
67. He spends half of his life reading. 67. Rengeteget olvas.
68. Tell me everything about the wedding. I'm all 68. Mesélj el mindent az esküvõrõl. Csupa fül
ears. vagyok.
69. I've tried to get my son interested in his 69. Próbáltam a fiam érdeklõdését az iskolai
schoolwork, but he would rather play football with munkája felé terelni, de õ inkább focizik a
his friends. barátaival.
70. I can't understand why all women are so eager 70. Nem értem miért aggódnak annyira a nõk,
to get married before they're 30 - marriage leaves hogy 30 éves koruk elõtt férjhez menjenek. A
me cold. házasság engem teljesen hidegen hagy.
71. The best thing about getting married is that you 71. A legjobb dolog a házasságban az, hogy van
have someone to talk to every night. kivel beszélgetned esténként.
72. Egy percet sem kell tanulással töltened ha az
72. You don't have to spend a minute studying if you
õ módszerét használod. Ez az egész dologban a
use his method. That's the whole beauty of it!
szép.
73. I will be really glad to see the back of this 73. Örülnék, ha már a hátam mögött tudhatnám
semester. I've never had to study so much in my ezt a félévet. Az életben soha nem kellett még
entire life! ennyit tanulnom.
74. In every country of the world, women had to 74. A világ minden országában, anõknem
fight for equality. harcolniuk kellett az egyenlõségért.
75. When she met the starving children, she was 75. Amikor találkozott az éhezõ gyerekekkel, urrá
overcome with pity. lett rajta a részvét.
 76. Pár napja elhagyta a felesége, de csak
76. His wife left him some days ago, but he only has
önmagát hibáztathatja - nagyon rosszul bánt
himself to blame - he treated her so bad.
vele.
77. He is the blue-eyed boy in the family. His 77. Õ a család kedvence. A szülei azt hiszik,
parents think that whatever does is perfect. hogy minden tökéletes, amit õ csinál.
78. She tried not to cry, but she simply couldn't help 78. Próbálta visszatartani a sírást, de
it. egyszerûen nem tudta.
79. She's put on some weight since we last met,
79. Meghízott mióta utoljára találkoztunk, nem?
hasn't she?
80. They moved to a little village in the middle of 80. Egy az isten háta mögötti kis faluba
nowhere. költöztek.
81. He was at the height of his fame when he 81. A népszerûsége csúcsán volt, amikor elvette
married Judy. Judy-t.
82. His parents have a low opinion of his wife, sadly. 82. Sajnos a szülei eléggé lenézik a feleségét.
83. After two years of seemingly happy marriage, he 83. Két év látszólag boldog házasság után eltûnt,
vanished into thin air. mint szürke szamár a ködben.
84. I don't want to fall out with him over such a 84. Nem akarok összeveszni vele egy ilyen
stupid thing. ostobaság miatt.
85. The twins look the same,sometimes even their 85. Az ikrek negyon hasonlítanak, néha még a
parents can't tell them apart . szüleik sem tudják megkülönböztetni õket.
86. Making up with Sam? Well, it's easier said than
86. Kibélülni Sam-mel? Könnyû azt mondani!
done.
87. Don't worry about me, you enough to contend
87. Ne törõdj velem, elég bajod van neked így is.
with.
88. They lived in an old house that has certainly 88. Egy régi házban laktak, ami látott szeb
seen better days. napokat is.
89. The mayors have a high social standing in every 89. A polgármester minden közösségben
community. köztiszteletnek örvend.
90. When she was pregnant, she was really fussy 90. Amikor terhes volt, nagyon kényes volt arra,
about what she ate. hogy mit eszik.
91. Take it from me, you'll bitterly regret marrying 91. Nekem elhiheted, nagyon meg fogod bánni,
her. hog elvetted.
92. In some countries, over 20% of the adult 92. Néhány országban a népesség 20 százaléka
population is illiterate. írástudatlan.
93. He has a high opinion of his uncle. 93. Nagyra tartja a nagybátyját.
94. There's no getting around it, my wife is in love 94. Nincs értelme kerülgetni - a feleségem másik
with another man. férfit szeret.
95. Nézzünk szembe vele - egymásnak lettek
95. Let's face it - they were made for each other.
teremtve
96. I wish you would learn to stop sticking your nose 96. Bárcsak megtanulnád, hogy ne üsd bele
into other people's business. állandóan mások dolgába az orrod.
97. It beats me why they got divorced. 97. Nem értem miért váltak el.
98. It's her wedding day - no wonder she's all 98. Ma van aaz esküvõje, nem csoda, hogy
smiles. csupa mosoly.
99. I don't understand Jane - she is spending money 99. Nem értem Jane-t; úgy költekezik, mintha
like there's no tomorrow. holnap vége lenne a világnak.
100. Marrying a rich man was a life-and-death issue 100. Élet-halál kérdés volt számára, hogy eg
for her. gazdag emberhez menjen feleségül.
 FAMILY - QUOTATIONS
Ahogy ígértük, minden fejezethez igyekszünk idézetekkel is szolgálni, így van ez most is. Reméljük sok érdekes
olvasnivalót találtok ezen az oldalon is. Jó szórakozást!

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

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each
other, make time for each other in your family.
Mother Teresa, in her Nobel lecture

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

There is not a man in the country that can't make a living for himself and family. But he can't make a
living for them and his government, too, the way his government is living. What the government has
got to do is live as cheap as the people.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands,
kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.
Pat Robertson, The World Almanac and Book of Facts

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by mother, who sees
that the others get it.
Marcelene Cox

If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family.
Ruby Manikan

Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden
resentment and ennui and accompanied by psychosomatic jitters.
M. F. K. Fisher

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

Erma Bombeck

The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children.
King Edward VIII

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and
forever explaining things to them.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, "The Little Prince"

Familiarity breeds contempt--and children.

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

How to Raise your I.Q. by Eating Gifted Children

Lewis B. Frumkes, Book Title (1983)

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.
Robert Byrne

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.
Dan Quayle, 9/18/90

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present,
when we expect everything of them but obedience.
Anatole Broyard

The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what
it is.
Charles Lamb (1775 - 1834)

Children are all foreigners.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either.
Dick Cavett

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.
Katharine Whitehorn

Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to
eat theirs.
P. J. O'Rourke

Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
Robert Orben

It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.
Kingsley Amis

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)

All television is children's television.

Richard P. Adler

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small
children and large nations.
David Friedman

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise
them to do it.
Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.
Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)

Never have children, only grandchildren.

Gore Vidal

You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.
John J. Plomp
When I meet a man I ask myself, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'
Rita Rudner

People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be
vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, 1980

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at de sun.' We might not land on the sun, but
at least we would get off the ground.
Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road, 1942

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.

Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)

If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.
Norman Douglas

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.
Ludwig van Beethoven

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of
men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
Helen Keller

When I was in therapy about two years ago, one day I noticed that I hadn't had any children. And I like
children at a distance. I wondered if I'd like them up close. I wondered why I didn't have any. I
wondered if it was a mistake, or if I'd done it on purpose, or what. And I noticed my therapist didn't
have any children either. He had pictures of his cats on the wall. Framed.
Spalding Gray, from Swimming to Cambodia: The collected works of Spalding Gray

Right now I'm a freshman in my fourth year at U.C.L.A., but my goal is to become a veternarian,
'cause I love children.
Julie Brown

You make 'em, I amuse 'em. [children]

Dr. Seuss a.k.a. Theodore Giesel

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.
Dr. Seuss a.k.a. Theodore Giesel

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell my children that, they just about throw up.
Barbara Bush

The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are
weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices -- to be found in the minds of men. For the
record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a
scapegoat has a fallout all its own -- for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is
that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.
Rod Serling

Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to
eat theirs.
P. J. O'Rourke

1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began
living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. Actually, people had been living full
and imaginative lives on the continent of North America for hundreds of years before that. 1492 was
simply the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them.
Kurt Vonnegut: Breakfast of Champions

The only people who seem to have nothing to do with the education of the children are the parents.
G.K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)

No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
Florida Scott-Maxwell

Any man who, having a child or children he can't support, proceeds to have another should be
sterilized at once.
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the last half by our children.
Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)

Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by
Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th.
Roy Blount Jr.

Teach children to be polite and courteous in the home, and, when he grows up, he will never be able
to edge his car onto a freeway.
Unknown

Children aren't happy without something to ignore, And that's what parents were created for.
Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)

Lawers, I suppose, were children once.

Charles Lamb (1775 - 1834)

Of children as of procreation - the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable.

Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)

We would have broken up except for the children. Who were the children? Well, she and I were.
Mort Sahl

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
Fran Lebowitz

My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one.
Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant - and let the air out
of the tires.
Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his
theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

Children are never too tender to be whipped. Like tough beefsteaks, the more you beat them, the
more tender they become.
Edgar Allan Poe

I'll probably never have children because I don't believe in touching people for any reason.
Paula Poundstone

Young people are more hopeful at a certain age than adults, but I suspect that's glandular. As for
children, I keep as far from them as possible. I don't like the sight of them. The scale is all wrong. The
heads tend to be too big for the bodies, and the hands and feet are a disaster. They keep falling into
things. The nakedness of their bad character! We adults have learned how to disguise our terrible
character, but children, well, they are like grotesque drawings of us. They should be neither seen nor
heard, and no one must make another one.
Gore Vidal, Conversations With Gore Vidal - 1981

All children are essentially criminal.

Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784)

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft
from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is
not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the
hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is
humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
Dwight Eisenhower, April 16, 1953

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually
attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
Thomas Szasz

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

Children are guilty of unpardonable rudeness when they spit in the face of a companion; neither are
they excusable who spit from windows or on walls or furniture.
St. John Baptist de La Salle, The Rules of Christian Manners and Civility (c. 1695)

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their
teachers.
Socrates (470 BC - 399 BC)

Sometimes when I look at my children I say to myself, "Lillian, you should have stayed a virgin."
Lillian Carter, mother of Jimmy and Billy

We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual.

George F. Will

Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.

Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)

I like children. If they're properly cooked.

W.C. Fields (1880 - 1946)

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
Nancy Mitford

Sexual enlightenment is justified insofar as girls cannot learn too soon how children do not come into
the world.
Karl Kraus (1874 - 1936)

Children should neither be seen nor heard from - ever again.

W.C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
James Thurber (1894 - 1961)

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blue prints of your
ultimate achievements.
Napoleon Hill

We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
Haida Indian saying

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.
Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)

Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Bill Cosby

It is really asking too much of a woman to expect her to bring up her husband and her children too.
Lillian Bell

A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way.
Marcelene Cox

People with bad consciences always fear the judgement of children.

Mary McCarthy

I love children --- especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
Nancy Mitford

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.
Katharine Whitehorn

There are times not to flirt. When you're sick. When you're with children. When you're on the witness
stand.
Joyce Jillson

We want far better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.
Dora Russell

Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling
festive?
Roseanne Barr

English was good enough for Jesus Christ and it's good enough for the children of Texas.
Miriam "Ma" Ferguson, Governor of Texas, 1924

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.
Phyllis Diller