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Quotes by Bill Cosby

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.
When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students.
The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.
There are some people who have trouble recognizing a mess.
Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
I'm not the healthiest, but I am healthy. I'm healthy to the point where there are things that I have to eat that I don't want to eat, but I eat it because I'm enjoying staying alive.
Parents are people who yell and they yell and they yell and they yell. And you already have the point... and they're still yelling.
As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by 'survival of the fittest.'
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.
If you have no faith, you've lost your battle.
I have to follow my thoughts and mine for the gold. I have to dig it out.
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 past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
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.
The first-born in every family is always dreaming for an imaginary older brother or sister who will look out for them.
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.
You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any.
Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.
That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican has overlooked.
If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what you're saying carries through.
When I say, I don't care what white people think, I mean that.