Family Sayings: Jokes and Quotes about Families

Sayings about families can be funny because of the truth in what is communicated.  An example of, "friends are just like family, only you talk to them nicer" pokes fun at the fact that people usually talk to their friends and acquaintances more respectfully than they do to their own family members.  Use these quotes about family to keep a fun perspective on one of the things in life that none of us get to choose... our family.

  1. Life is not fair…  That is proven the minute you are born into your family
  2. Lots of happy couples like to start families with no intention of ever finishing it (Funny one-liner about Family)
  3. Friends are just like family, only you talk to them nicer
  4. Friends can build you up, but family can tear you down even faster
  5. He who disowns his family, gives up part of himself
  6. Family members are the people who you love enough to yell at, and know they’ll still love you back
  7. If man could live life without family, he would avoid at least 50% of his life troubles
  8. Family is whoever you share a roof with, even if you don’t like them
  9. God gives you family to build your character and make you more tolerant of the rest of the world
  10. Never get in between two quarreling brothers, lest they turn on you and you become the enemy
  11. Family is the “F” word to the happy and single bachelor
  12. Perfect families only exist in store catalogs and fairy tales
  13. Perfect families will not exist until perfect people exist
  14. Treat a business partner like family, but never treat family like business partners
  15. When genes are passed down in families, they usually go oldest to youngest.  The only problem is that you don’t know whether you are going to get your mom’s or your dad’s (funny double meaning family sayings)
  16. Blood is thicker than water, but water is more useful when you are thirsty (This quote is saying that when you are in need of something, a friend may be more helpful than a family member)
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All sayings by Blake Flannery

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