The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.
BILL COSBYThere is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.
More Bill Cosby Quotes
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In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
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I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the face of this earth as long as he has two pieces of bread.
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Suddenly, this romantic agony was enriched by a less romantic one: I had to go to the bathroom. Needless to say, I couldn’t let her know about this urge, for great lovers never did such things. The answer to Romeo Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Was not In the men’s room, Julie.
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I’m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty, I told her. Without a moment’s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: It depends on if you’re drinking or pouring.
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A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise.
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Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you’re pouring, or drinking.
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Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
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Violence won’t solve a thing. It makes it more challenging to solve, though.
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Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.
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The serve was invented so that the net could play.
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A word to the wise ain’t necessary, it’s the stupid ones who need advice.
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I often try to tell kids to think about all the people who love you, don’t cry over the one person who doesn’t.
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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.
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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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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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