Bill Cosby Quotes
Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.
Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die.
Fathers are the geniuses of the house because only a person as intelligent as we could fake such stupidity.
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.
Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.
Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think - in a deeper voice.
Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.
I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who've had luck with it and those who haven't.
Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.
The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
When you become senile, you won't know it.
Our children are trying to tell us something, and we are not listening. I don't care what the statistics say.
The three ingredients of a successful union between two . . . humor, commitment and undying love.
Old is always fifteen years from now.
Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.
A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.
Is the glass half full, or half empty?
It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.
You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
