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Bill Cosby

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Bill Cosby (born 1937) is an American comedian, actor, and author who became one of the most influential comedians of the 20th century. Known for his storytelling style and observational humor, Cosby broke racial barriers in television and entertainment throughout his career.

“Family is conflict and it's something that we all relate to.”

— Bill Cosby

Family

All Quotes by Bill Cosby

“Did you ever see the customers in health - food stores? They are pale, skinny people who look half - dead. In a steak house, you see robust, ruddy people. They're dying, of course, but they look terrific.”

— Bill Cosby

Food

“Family is conflict and it's something that we all relate to.”

— Bill Cosby

Family

“Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.”

— Bill Cosby

Peace

“We're not raising children with the love that we need to.”

— Bill Cosby

Love

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

— Bill Cosby

Failure

“I think the part of media that romanticizes criminal behavior, things that a person will say against women, profanity, being gangster, having multiple children with multiple men and women and not wanting to is prevalent. When you look at the majority of shows on television they placate that kind of behavior.”

— Bill Cosby

Men

“Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think - in a deeper voice.”

— Bill Cosby

Women

“Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.”

— Bill Cosby

Best

“The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.”

— Bill Cosby

Future

“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.”

— Bill Cosby

Parenting

“Gray hair is God's graffiti.”

— Bill Cosby

God

“Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger.”

— Bill Cosby

Work

“Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.”

— Bill Cosby

Music

“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.”

— Bill Cosby

Good

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

— Bill Cosby

Future

“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

Anniversary

“You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.”

— Bill Cosby

Humor

“Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.”

— Bill Cosby

Funny

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

— Bill Cosby

Men

“There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.”

— Bill Cosby

Funny