William Henry Cosby Jr. (/ˈkɒzbi/; born July 12, 1937) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, author, and convicted felon.
My father established our relationship when I was seven years old. He looked at me and said, “You know, I brought you in this world, and I can take you out. And it don't make no difference to me, I'll make another one look just like you.
Zip zop wop boopity bop.
The first time I came across the birds and the bees in actual flight, I couldn't identify the formation.
This happened to the people. The Constitution says of the people, by the people, for the people. . . but the people who got the office, got into office and forgot about the people.
With my wife Camille's help, I took to social networking. I'm working with the computers.
Have you ever had a cookie? Then you won't get any here either.
Some authority on parenting once said, "Hold them very close and then let them go. " This is the hardest truth for a father to learn: that his children are continuously growing up and moving away from him (until, of course, they move back in).
I said to a guy, "Tell me, what is it about cocaine that makes it so wonderful," and he said, "Because it intensifies your personality. " I said, "Yes, but what if you're an asshole?"
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.
In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck - and, of course, courage.
Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.
Guys standing around and talking about Spanish fly: 'You know anything about Spanish fly?' 'No, tell me about it. ' Well there's this girl Crazy Mary, you put some in her drink man, she, 'Haaaaaaaaaaaaah. ' Oh yeah, that's really groovy man, Spanish fly is groovy, yeah. From then on, any time you see a girl: 'Wish I had some Spanish fly. ' Go to a party see five girls standing alone: 'Boy if I had a whole jug of Spanish fly, I'd light that corner up over there. HAAAAAAH. '
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.
Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.
My grandpa didn't believe in hugging and kissing, or saying I love you. His love had to do with the way he treated you. When he said, We're going here, we're going there, he was telling me about life. That was his love for me. My love for him was listening to what he said, keeping out of trouble, doing right, being fair.
Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied to. Convinced his son had been dishonest regarding an issue, Cosby promised that if he told him the truth, he would not hit him. When his son did confess, Cosby did hit him. Seeing his son's shock and hurt, Cosby said he hoped this lesson had deepened his understanding of the anguish generated by a sense betrayal.
Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.
A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a thing from having once been a child.
When my son was murdered people asked me how I felt about God and what had happened to my son. I said "no, you can't go there. You have to understand that there is a devil and he works 247. Whoever murdered our son was with the devil. "
In America. . . the seven ages of man have become preschooler, Pepsi generation, baby boomer, mid-lifer, empty-nester, senior citizen, and organ donor.