Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know. 

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

To be a successful father… there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.

The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.

It’s frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself… it seems unfair. You can’t assume the responsibility for everything you do—or don’t do.

A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy till they die!

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

The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended—and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.

A family’s photograph album is generally about the extended family—and, often, is all that remains of it.

God is our father, but even more is God our mother.