Quotes by

Bill Cosby

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I dont believe the kids should be given homework. – Bill Cosby

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

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet. – Bill Cosby

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

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

Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge. – Bill Cosby

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit. – Bill Cosby

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

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

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

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

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

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it. – Bill Cosby

There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God. – Bill Cosby

The first-born in every family is always dreaming for an imaginary older brother or sister who will look out for them. – Bill Cosby

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. – Bill Cosby

I cannot understand how the education of this United States of America has been fooled time and time again. Either make it separate but equal or integrate, therefore it will be equal. And it has been separate and unequal. – Bill Cosby

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

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. – Bill Cosby

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