My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.

Quote by Barry Humphries

Topics: Army Quotes, Facts Quotes, Parents Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all...

To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all...

Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of...

Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of...

Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man...

Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man...

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think...

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think...

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I...

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I...

My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor....

My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor....

Mum and dad were very much friends, and up to life. There was no anxiety...

Mum and dad were very much friends, and up to life. There was no anxiety...

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child:...

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child:...

Wise parents offer criticism only when asked, and then minimally

Wise parents offer criticism only when asked, and then minimally

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

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

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd...

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd...

I don't visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won't wait in the yard while...

I don't visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won't wait in the yard while...

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, so he be...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, so he be...

A son has no greater duty, no higher good, than serving his parents.

A son has no greater duty, no higher good, than serving his parents.

And my parents finally realize that I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: They...

And my parents finally realize that I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: They...

Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and...

Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and...

In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to...

In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to...

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents...

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents...

College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to...

College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to...