William Henry Cosby Jr. (/ˈkɒzbi/; born July 12, 1937) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, author, and convicted felon.
We go out of our way to make people so different,. . . to punish them because of color, because of sex, because of size, and the game starts.
My wife and I have five children and the reason why we have five children is because we do not want six.
Anyone who has brought up children knows that consistency has absolutely nothing to do with discipline.
College was a wonderful time - except, of course, when it was trying to teach you things.
We're not raising children with the love that we need to.
I don't have a clue about the way to achievement, however the way to disappointment is attempting to please everyone.
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.
Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.
I know people are tired of me not saying anything, but a guy doesn't have to answer to innuendos.
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.
we cannot afford to settle for being just average; we must learn as much as we can to be the best that we can. The key word is education - education with maximum effort. Without it, we cannot be in charge of ourselves or anyone else.
These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education and now we've got these knuckleheads walking round.
Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.
Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.
I once asked my father for a dollar for the school picnic. He told me how he once killed a grizzly bear with his loose-leaf notebook.
You also notice that the right side of your face feels like it's sliding off of your skull. And your bottom lip is in your lap!
You go and you buy a lottery ticket. You've got just as much chance of getting struck by lightning as you do of winning the lottery.
I was'nt always black. there was this freckel that just grew and grew.
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.
I use the exercise room early, because I don't want to get on the treadmill and everyone's going 'Oh, Bill Cosby,' and then they come around to see how fast I'm walking, and it becomes very competitive.