Quotes & Jokes by Bill Cosby / page 9

That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle the Vatican has overlooked.

You can teach an old dog new tricks. You just don't want to watch the dog doing them.

The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.

The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods.

Why do kids always say peace out, I though peace was in.

Lasting harmony with a woman (was) an undertaking in which I twice failed rather disgracefully.

I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around.

Never say to younger people "that was before your time," because the last full moon was before their time!

Old is always fifteen years from now.

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.

Take that money and build something you can see... something for the children.

That's why ears have cartilage, to keep them from flapping.

I've got a Ferrari. VROOM! I do 104 from the garage to the front door.

You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any.