Quotes & Jokes by Bill Cosby / page 3

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

You know my father's favorite game? "Come here and pull my finger."

Children today know more about sex than I or my father did.

We're the geniuses of the house because only a person intelligent as we could fake such stupidity.

Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

In spite of the seven thousands books of expert advice, the right way to discipline a child is still a mystery to most fathers and... mothers. Only your grandmother and Ghengis Khan know how to do it.

It says here that you are a compulsive gambler and that you are wanted by the police. Is this correct?

Beware of people who fall at your feet. They may be reaching for the corner of the rug.

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

I was lying, of course: that's what parents do best.

A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.

What's your name again? That's right. I'm so glad you know your name.

Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge.

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

I asked my father for a dollar for the school picnic, he told me how he killed a grizzly bear with his loose-leaf notebook.