Bill Cosby Quotes



      “I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.” 
- Bill Cosby

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

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

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

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

        “Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.” 
- Bill Cosby

       “Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” 
- Bill Cosby

       “A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need advice.” 
- Bill Cosby

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

      “People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.
-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

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

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

      “I brought you in this world, and I can take you out!” 
- Bill Cosby

       “I brought you in this world, and I can take you out!” 
- Bill Cosby

       “Man can not live by bread alone ... he must have peanut butter.” 
- Bill Cosby

       “A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise.” 
- Bill Cosby

        “Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.” 
- Bill Cosby

        “If you want to be seen, stand up.If you want to be heard, speak up.If you want to be appreciated, shut up.” 
- Bill Cosby



       “When you become senile, you won't know it.” 
- Bill Cosby

       “The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.” 
- Bill Cosby

       “YOU are a genius!... and I am a genius because I married you.” 
- Bill Cosby

        “Nobody ever says, "Can I have your beets?” 
-Bill Cosby

       “It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful. ” 
- Bill Cosby

       “People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.” 
- Bill Cosby

       “All Children Have Brain Damage!” 
- Bill Cosby, 

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

       “Old is always fifteen years from now.” 
- Bill Cosby

        “Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.” 
- Bill Cosby

       “That's why ears have cartilage, to keep them from flapping.” 
- Bill Cosby

       “i was'nt always black. there was this freckel that just grew and grew...” 
- Bill Cosby

       “When you graduate from college, they tell you to follow your dreams. Does anyone say you have to wake up first?” 
- Bill Cosby

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

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

        “Decide that you want it more than you're afraid of it” 
- 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

        “A pelican that is wet walks with a gaited limp, and the dry fish swims alone.” 
- Bill Cosby

        “Parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.” 
- Bill Cosby

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