Quotes & Jokes by Bill Cosby / page 8
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).
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.
One of the beauties of watching our show is that, really and truly, it remains fresh because you're dealing with human beings and their behavior.
Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy.
The summit, which is set up to educate people about managing their money and protecting their income, leads to empowerment of self, for which this summit needs to be applauded.
If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.
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.
Try to be rational? I'll tell you how rational I can be. I hope that he goes out into the wilderness and gets poision ivy, and comes back and I have to treat him then he will find out how much sick people get charged.
There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.
Your rooms are as filthy today as they were when you graduated from high school. And we want them cleaned up.
After you take off your coats, go to sleep... Then in the morning I'll take you all home.
One of the great mistakes that can be made by a man of my age is to get involved in athletic competition with children - unless, of course, they are under six. And even then, stay away from hide-and-seek.