Bill Cosby

     William Henry "Bill" Cosby Jr. is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist.

Bill Cosby's Quotes

• A word to the wise ain’t necessary, It’s the stupid ones who need advice.
• In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
• The past is a ghost, the future a dream and all we ever have is now.
• Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.
• You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
• Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge.
• I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.
• 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.
• A grandchild is God's reward for raising a child.
• Gray hair is Gods graffiti.
• In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to disciplne a child is still a mystery to most fathers and...mothers. Only your grandmother and Genghis Khan know how to do it.
• A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise.
• When you become senile, you won't know it.
• All Children Have Brain Damage!
• There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.
• If you want to be seen, stand up.
  If you want to be heard, speak up.
  If you want to be appreciated, shut up.
• Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.
• Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework.
• Sigmund Freud once said, "What do women want?" The only thing I have learned in fifty-two years is that women want men to stop asking dumb questions like that.
• Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy.
• When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students.
• 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.
• You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any.
• Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.
• The worst thing to do is to die while reading LIFE magazine.