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!

Bill Cosby

Violence won't solve a thing. It makes it more challenging to solve, though.

Bill Cosby

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.

Bill Cosby

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

Bill Cosby

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.

Bill Cosby

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.

Bill Cosby

I watch an awful lot of television, and I get a little tired of what I see... We have about six television sets in our house, and it's less expensive for me to do a television series than it is for me to throw them all out.

Bill Cosby

Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.

Bill Cosby

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Bill Cosby

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.

Bill Cosby

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

Bill Cosby

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

Bill Cosby