"A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need advice."
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Bill Cosby
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Quotes by Bill Cosby
"Now, Richard Pryor was unique. Many misunderstood his humor. He lit up the hallway, but they didn't understand his use of profanity. He didn't use it just to be using it; he used it in the context of his satire."
"Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die."
"There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God."
"George Carlin is brilliant with words, and Johnny Winters is very creative. It's taking something common and drawing out the humor, being clever with words."
"And so the dentist says 'Rinse.' So you lean over, and you're lookin' at this miniature toilet bowl."
"You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it."
"There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God."
"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."
"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."
"A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise."
"Racial humor was about 35% of my act when I first started. But I realized that it was a crutch. What brought it home was when another comedian said to me, 'If you changed color tomorrow, you wouldn't have any material.' He meant it as a put-down, but I took it as a challenge."
"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."
"There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God."
"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."
"gray hair is gods graffiti"
"gray hair is gods graffiti"
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
"There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God."