Quotes by Bill Cosby

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

— Bill Cosby

Success

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

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

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

— Bill Cosby

Success

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

Life

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

Love

By the 1960s, many of us believed that the Civil Rights Movement could eliminate racism in America during our lifetime. But despite significant progress, racism remains.

— Bill Cosby

Life

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

Wisdom

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

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

Sometimes you try to help people, and it backfires on you, and then they try to take advantage of you.

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

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

— Bill Cosby

Success

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

— Bill Cosby

Hope

Gray hair is God's graffiti.

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

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

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

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

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

I don't have a problem believing in God and Jesus. But in Genesis one has to wonder about these sentences that just go on and end without finishing. The thought is unfinished. Where did Adam go? What is he doing? Hello? There has to be some pages missing.

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

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

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

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

— Bill Cosby

Love

Laughter brings out the child in all of us.

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

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

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

I'm not going out and hitting a 95-mph fastball where I can't see the stitches. I'm not on a professional football team looking to tackle a fullback who is built like solid wood. I'm a thinking person, and I've been blessed with the ability to see some things and talk about them in a way that registers in a humorous and funny way.

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom

I don't think you can bring the races together by joking about the differences between them. I'd rather talk about the similarities, about what's universal in their experiences.

— Bill Cosby

Wisdom