Tons of comedians have said, 'I grew up learning from Bill Cosby. He's great.' But that respect doesn't mean much to the young people. They like their ginger ale with hot sauce. -Bill Cosby Learning
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. -Bill Cosby Humor
When I decided that I wanted to go to college, I wanted to be a school teacher for 7th and 8th grade boys because I felt that was an important time for them. I had gone astray at that point in my life and really wanted to help keep them from making the same mistake I had made. -Bill Cosby Teacher
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. -Bill Cosby Humor
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. -Bill Cosby Humor
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. -Bill Cosby Failure
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 Business
Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy. -Bill Cosby Women
Every success story has a parent who says, 'over my dead body.' Every success story has an old person who walks up to you and says, when you're acting the fool, 'you know I worry about you sometimes.' -Bill Cosby Success
Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge. -Bill Cosby Marriage
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 Parenting
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. -Bill Cosby Success
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. -Bill Cosby Fear
With my wife Camille's help, I took to social networking. I'm working with the computers. -Bill Cosby Computers
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. -Bill Cosby Marriage
The first-born in every family is always dreaming for an imaginary older brother or sister who will look out for them. -Bill Cosby Family
When I was a child, I was living in the housing projects of Philadelphia. I didn't even have a Christmas tree. -Bill Cosby Christmas
There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God. -Bill Cosby Humor
Learning to read clusters is not something your eyes do naturally. It takes constant practice. -Bill Cosby Learning