Quotes by Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

American actor, comedian, producer

Lived from: 1937 -

Category: Movie | Media Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 12 july 1937

  • Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
  • People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.
  • The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.
  • It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.
  • If you have no faith, you've lost your battle.
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  • A father... knows exactly what those boys at the mall have in their depraved little minds because he once owned such a depraved little mind himself. In fact, if he thinks enough about the plans that he used to have for young girls, the father not only will support his wife in keeping their daughter home but he might even run over to the mall and have a few of those boys arrested.
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  • 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.
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  • A word to the wise isn't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice.
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  • Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
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  • Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger.
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  • As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my [younger] brother... Russel, who taught me what was meant by survival of the fittest.
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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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  • Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.
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  • Fathers are the geniuses of the house because only a person as intelligent as we could fake such stupidity.
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  • For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked.
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  • George Carlin is brilliant with words, and Johnny Winters is very creative. It's taking something common and drawing out the humor, being clever with words.
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  • Gray hair is God's graffiti.
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  • Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.
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  • Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
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  • I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
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  • 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 on Fatherhood
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  • I wasn't always black... There was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.
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  • If a white man falls off a chair drunk, it's just a drunk. If a Negro does, it's the whole damn Negro race.
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  • If I didn't like poor people, why would I come and tell them how to make their lives better?
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  • 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.
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What are the most famous quotes from Bill Cosby?

The two most famous quotes from Bill Cosby are:

  • "A father... knows exactly what those boys at the mall have in their depraved little minds because he once owned such a depraved little mind himself. In fact, if he thinks enough about the plans that he used to have for young girls, the father not only will support his wife in keeping their daughter home but he might even run over to the mall and have a few of those boys arrested."
  • "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."

When did Bill Cosby live?

Bill Cosby was born in 1937.