Bill Cosby Quotes

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Bill Cosby, born on July 12, 1937, is a renowned American comedian, writer, actor, and producer. Known for his unique humor style and wisdom, he starred in numerous television shows and films, achieving significant success in various fields.

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“The game of chess. Supposedly men made it up, and it's about war and men and the ravages and the bravery and the genius of commanding and moving pieces and ... No. It's marriage. The Queen moves anywhere she wants.”

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Author:Bill Cosby

“If the audience knows you can be funny when you want to be, they will be willing to wait for that payoff.”

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“Public education is a good foundation on which to build a better life for each of us. And if we want to prove to these children who never made the mess in the first place that education is worth the trouble, our schools have to inspire them so they can do what they ought to do.”

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“If you know what you want, you will recognize it when you see it.”

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“When you're a father you censor yourself. You get just as angry with a child but you don't want to say, "What the filth and foul and I'll filth and foul, filth and foul and, yeah, ya filth and foul face, and I'll filth and foul, foul, filth!" You don't want to say that to a child so you censor yourself and you sound like an idiot: "What the... Get your... I'll put a... Get out of my face!"”

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“My mother comes in my room and says, "Just look at this mess! This is a pig sty!" Now, I've already been in the room five hours, and she wants me to LOOK at it.”

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“I use the exercise room early, because I don't want to get on the treadmill and everyone's going 'Oh, Bill Cosby,' and then they come around to see how fast I'm walking, and it becomes very competitive.”

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“I want to get violence - I want schools to start from K through 12 to just every day have teachers understand that they don't want to talk about anything that is violent, and they want to explain to the children how bad violence is and how behavior - violent behavior, is something that they really should not practice and think about.”

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“But if that's what you want to be, that's what you will be - as long as you study.”

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“If you want to be seen, stand up. If you want to be heard, speak up. If you want to be appreciated, shut up.”

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“I'm not the boss of my house. I don't know how I lost it, I don't know when I lost it, I don't really think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job...and I don't want it!”

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“I did not want to turn to playing golf because golf is about as much exercise as shuffling cards.”

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Book:Time Flies

Source: Time Flies

“Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think - in a deeper voice.”

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

“I want all this loud profanity in the street stopped. I want people to think about choices.”

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“I'm not the healthiest, but I am healthy. I'm healthy to the point where there are things that I have to eat that I don't want to eat, but I eat it because I'm enjoying staying alive.”

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“My mother was an authority on pig sties. This is the worst looking pigsty I have ever seen in my life, and I want it cleaned up right now.”

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“My feeling is, personally, I want to die first... because I believe that when you die, your soul goes immediately up for judgment - and I don't want my wife up there first. No, the judgment will be horrendous.”

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

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Book:Time Flies

Source: Time Flies

About the Author

Born: July 12, 1937
Known for: Comedian
Quotes: 298

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