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

— Bill Cosby

If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.

— Bill Cosby

If you have no faith, you've lost your battle.

— Bill Cosby

If you want to be seen, stand up. If you want to be heard, speak up. If you want to be appreciated, shut up.

— Bill Cosby

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

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.

— Bill Cosby

I never saw anything funny in a car commercial - but that's OK. Whatever they wanted to do - it's their product, and I'm the spokesperson, and I'm going to deliver.

— Bill Cosby

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

— Bill Cosby

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

— Bill Cosby

I think 'I Spy,' still when you look at it, speaks volumes in terms of propaganda for equality. It's just magnificent.

— Bill Cosby