Bill Cosby Quotes

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.
Bill Cosby

A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice.
Bill Cosby

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby

The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
Bill Cosby

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.
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Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.
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The three ingredients of a successful union between two . . . humor, commitment & undying love.
Bill Cosby

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.
Bill Cosby

If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.
Bill Cosby

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.
Bill Cosby

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
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A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise.
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No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.
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Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.
Bill Cosby

The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.
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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.
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The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods.
Bill Cosby

Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy.
Bill Cosby

I want to die before my wife, and the reason is this: If it is true that when you die, your soul goes up to judgment, I don't want my wife up there ahead of me to tell them things.
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Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
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Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.
Bill Cosby