Bill Cosby Quotes

United States, Actor
July 12, 1937

William Henry Cosby Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and author. He held an active career for over six decades before being convicted of sex offenses in 2018.

Also known as Stand-Up Comedian, Musician, Author

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

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- Success
- Failure
- Key
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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- Fall
- Drunk
- Negro

The serve was invented so that the net could play.

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

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- Future
- Dream
- Past
Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is "soap-on-a-rope."

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

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- Sleep
- Eye
- See
Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

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- Child
- Act
- Commit
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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- Love
- Kids
- Opposite

Laughter brings out the child in all of us.

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- Child
- Laughter
- Bring
A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need advice.

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- Advice
- Word
- Necessary
Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.

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

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- Want
- Afraid
- Decide