Bill Cosby Quotes

• A word to the wise ain’t necessary, it’s the stupid ones who need the advice.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Advice, Funny

  Tags in Stupidity
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  Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Want, Afraid, Decide
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  The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Dream, Future, Past

  Tags in Time, Ghost, Black People, Present
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  In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Failure, Fear, Success

  Tags in Greater, Desire

• The worst thing to do is to die while reading LIFE magazine.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Life

• For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Religion

  Tags in Wonder, Marriage

• A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise.

  Bill Cosby

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

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Children

  Tags in Carry, Always, Will

• A word to the wise ain’t necessary – it’s the stupid ones that need the advice.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Advice, Funny, Stupid, Wise

  Tags in Ones, Word, Necessary, Need

• I was put in remedial everything.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Everything

• Every success story has a parent who says, ‘over my dead body.’ Every success story has an old person who walks up to you and says, when you’re acting the fool, ‘you know I worry about you sometimes.’

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Success

• We’re not raising children with the love that we need to.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Children, Love

• Did you ever see the customers in health – food stores? They are pale, skinny people who look half – dead. In a steak house, you see robust, ruddy people. They’re dying, of course, but they look terrific.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Health

  Tags in Food

• I cannot understand how the education of this United States of America has been fooled time and time again. Either make it separate but equal or integrate, therefore it will be equal. And it has been separate and unequal.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Education

  Tags in United States

• 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.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Parents

• There is no job a man can do that is undignified – if he does it well.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Job

• 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.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Healthy

• The first-born in every family is always dreaming for an imaginary older brother or sister who will look out for them.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Family

• When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Competition, School

• Social networking helps reach people easier and quicker.

  Bill Cosby

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Easier

Bill Cosby (84)

Birth:	12th July, 1937
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist, Actor, Author, Comedian, Producer

About

Bill Cosby was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and activist. Cosby's start in stand-up began at the hungry i in San Francisco which was followed by landing a starring role in the 1960s show I Spy. During its first two seasons, he was a regular on the children's television series The Electric Company. Cosby is known for creating the cartoon comedy series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in an urban area. Cosby has also been a film actor. In 1976, Cosby earned a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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