Top 295 Quotes & Sayings by Bill Cosby
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American comedian Bill Cosby.
Last updated on November 3, 2024.
You can't compete with Walmart. But you can have smaller businesses that are successful.
Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.
The secret of success is to be like a duck, Smooth and unruffled on top, But paddling furiously underneath.
If you know what you want, you will recognize it when you see it.
The game of chess. Supposedly men made it up, and it's about war and men and the ravages and the bravery and the genius of commanding and moving pieces and ... No. It's marriage. The Queen moves anywhere she wants.
I was'nt always black. there was this freckel that just grew and grew.
Never forget that the devil is there 24/7 too. He's very, very busy.
It's painful, but we can't heal ourselves unless we cleanse the wounds.
The worst thing to do is to die while reading LIFE magazine.
I can't even talk the way these people talk. 'Why you ain't?' 'Where you is?' Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth.
Every father says the same thing: “Where's your mother?”
Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it.
Man can not live by bread alone ... he must have peanut butter.
We're not raising children with the love that we need to.
The essence of childhood, of course, is play.
Mediocre people are the most dangerous people in the world.
The problem is that your daughter has given her heart to a 15-year-old boy, and a 15-year-old boy does not yet qualify as a human being.
Old is always fifteen years from now.
Intellectuals are people who go to study things other people do naturally.
The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
Zip zop wop boopity bop.
I think you need to make responsibility something that's not just a word.
Beware of people who fall at your feet. They may be reaching for the corner of the rug.
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.
The only thing that you can get into without a lot of trouble is a lot of trouble.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
Violence won't solve a thing. It makes it more challenging to solve, though.
Give me 200 active 2-year-olds and I could conquer the world.
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Any husband who says, "My wife and I are completely equal partners," is talking about either a law firm or a hand of bridge.
Don't let your victories go to your head, or your failures go to your heart.
Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
Nobody ever says, "Can I have your beets?
Don't talk yourself into not being you.
After creating the heaven, the earth, the ocean, and the entire animal kingdom, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said to them was "Don't."
Criticizing is easy, art is difficult.
When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students.
The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.
Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge.
Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy.
Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.
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.
I'm not the boss of my house. I don't know how I lost it, I don't know when I lost it, I don't really think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job...and I don't want it!
If you want to be seen, stand up. If you want to be heard, speak up. If you want to be appreciated, shut up.
Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.
Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.
We are the only animals that let our kids come back home.
Kids need to remember that when you put something on Twitter, it's not like whispering to your friend, you've put it on a billboard that the whole world, including your own kids someday, can see.
Fathers are the geniuses of the house because only a person as intelligent as we could fake such stupidity.
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.
There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
You can't be everything to everyone
You can never give complete authority and overall power to anyone until trust can be proven.
The most important educational vehicle in all life is a parent figure.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think - in a deeper voice.
The three ingredients of a successful union between two ... humor, commitment & undying love.
Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework.
You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any.
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