While fathers are pleasant figureheads, there is a special bond between children and their mothers. 'Do you help your mother clean up the house?' I asked one girl of seven. 'No,' she sweetly replied, 'I help make the mess.' It's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it.
Bill CosbyI don't have a clue about the way to achievement, however the way to disappointment is attempting to please everyone.
Bill CosbyOur children are angry. The profanity is out in the street. It's on the buses and in the subway. Our children are trying to tell us something, and we are not listening.
Bill CosbyAny man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger.
Bill CosbyWe spoke to God about the children, and we were afraid to ask God for specific things. We thought that it might be too much. So we said to God 'Please give us a healthy child' and left it at that, not knowing that God is a generous God, but also has a sense of humor. And if you leave that much open for God, some wonderful jokes are going to come about.
Bill Cosby