Bill Cosby Quotes

"Is the glass half full, or half empty?It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking."

"You are well-educated and you look cute, but that's not going to cut it."

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

"People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on."

"Parents are not quite interested in justice, they are interested in quiet."

"A thought comes . . . it's a true feeling, a funny feeling. And I get to develop it. [Writing] is more fun than performing, because I get to color with words."

"Gray hair is God's graffiti"

"Sigmund Freud once said, What do women want? The only thing I have learned in fifty-two years is that women want men to stop asking dumb questions like that."

"I wish that every new and young comedian would understand what Richard was about and not confuse his genius with his language usage."

"Anyone should be able to say on stage what they want. But those who have knowledge, do understand that certain things on stage can be abused and misused. And if such topics are used just for laughter, the humor will not stand the test of time."

"Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home."

"People will frighten you about a graduation.... They use words you don't hear often: And we wish you Godspeed. It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices."

"There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God."

"You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it."

"We are living it now just like we wrote it. That means you are free to do whatever it is that you want to do. It's the hum of feeling wonderful with each other. But I think it's up to the man to shut up. Because when he shuts up, that's when it gets groovy. You hit a groove. And she keeps on talking. It's wonderful."

"Parents are not quite interested injustice, they are interested in quiet."

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

"The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now."

"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."

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