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8 Jon Stewart Quotes That Every Parent Will Understand

Feb 12 2015 - 3:16am

While the world reels in shock about Jon Stewart's upcoming departure [1] from The Daily Show, many fans are finding solace through the Comedy Central star's quotes. While he's got countless hilarious quips about politics, modern society, and celebrities, Stewart has some seriously great quotes for parents. Here are eight of our favorite quotes that moms and dads everywhere will understand.

  1. For parents who worry about setting a bad example for their little ones: "Parenthood is an amazing opportunity to ruin someone from scratch."
  2. For parents dealing with a grocery-store tantrum: "If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values; they're hobbies."
  3. For parents who consider 30-minute naps a good night's sleep: "Insomnia is my greatest inspiration."
  4. For parents who expect their kids to obey the rules without being told: "If you think the 10 commandments being posted in a school is going to change the behavior of children, then you must think 'Employees Must Wash Hands' is keeping the [mess] out of your happy meals. It's not."
  5. For parents whose kids listen to One Direction on repeat . . . all day: "If everything is amplified, we hear nothing."
  6. For parents of patience-testers: "What would Jesus, or any human being who isn't an asshole, do?"
  7. For parents of middle-school girls: "I feel your scorn, and I accept it."
  8. For parents who hope their teens stop sleeping in until noon: "Everybody talks about the entitlement generation. There is no time I'd rather live in than now, and there is no generation I would more entrust the future of this country to than this one. There is a tendency to live in a nostalgic state in this country, and to think that other generations possessed an integrity and a tenacity greater than the generation that is now. I wholeheartedly disagree with that. I believe that this is a group that will rise up to any challenge that comes before them as well as any other generation in America would have done."

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