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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.

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“A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.”

— Bill Cosby

Funny

All Quotes by Bill Cosby

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

— Bill Cosby

Funny

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

— Bill Cosby

Best

“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

“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.”

— Bill Cosby

Hope

“Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.”

— Bill Cosby

Business

“I often try to tell kids to think about all the people who love you, don't cry over the one person who doesn't.”

— Bill Cosby

Love

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

— Bill Cosby

Future

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

— Bill Cosby

Family

“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

Love

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

— Bill Cosby

Failure

“Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.”

— Bill Cosby

Age

“Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework.”

— Bill Cosby

Education

“My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because parenting can only be learned by people who have no children.”

— Bill Cosby

Parenting

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

— Bill Cosby

Peace

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

— Bill Cosby

Future

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

— Bill Cosby

Women

“Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.”

— Bill Cosby

Love

“Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.”

— Bill Cosby

Funny

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

— Bill Cosby

Home

“Gray hair is God's graffiti.”

— Bill Cosby

God