Our children are angry. The profanity is out in the street. It’s on the buses and in the subway. Our children are trying to tell us something, and we are not listening. – Bill Cosby
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what’s bitter and move on. – Bill Cosby
People have all kinds of approaches when they come up to me. Some of them are so nervous: ‘You know, Mr. Cosby, you are my biggest fan!’ I am? Some of them even claim that I raised them. – Bill Cosby
A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he’s in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station. – Bill Cosby
People say children are charming because they tell the truth. That’s a lie. I’ve got five of them. They only tell the truth if they’re in pain. – Bill Cosby
You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who’ve never had any. – Bill Cosby
Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy. – Bill Cosby
I love cake. I love pie. I love potato chips. I love salt. I do not want yogurt, plain yogurt. It’s healthy. ‘Why don’t you like it?’ Because it tastes like bad breath. – Bill Cosby
I see Obama as Sisyphus in the first four years. And nobody would speak about the size of the rock, or the elevation of the hill. All you hear people talk about is what he didn’t do. – Bill Cosby
No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I’m not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal. – 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. – Bill Cosby
I think the part of media that romanticizes criminal behavior, things that a person will say against women, profanity, being gangster, having multiple children with multiple men and women and not wanting to is prevalent. When you look at the majority of shows on television they placate that kind of behavior. – Bill Cosby
All around the United States of America – in the cities and the counties – our public education is suffering and has been suffering. Cuts, cuts, cuts. – Bill Cosby
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. – Bill Cosby
The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic. – Bill Cosby
Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge. – Bill Cosby
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
It was hard for me, being in school. And nobody was there to tell me how important it was. – Bill Cosby
I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who’ve had luck with it and those who haven’t. – Bill Cosby
If you watch kids looking at something on television, even something that’s produced for them and is supposed to be funny, what you’ll notice is that they don’t laugh. – Bill Cosby
I am not going to give in to people who try to exploit me because of my celebrity status. – Bill Cosby