10 Great Bill Cosby Quotes

Bill Cosby is one of the great comedians of our time and has passed down some great wisdom over the years.  Any time I have to go to the dentist, I think of his legendary take on the experience:

Here are 10 Great Bill Cosby Quotes, the sit-down comic himself:

1. “A word to the wise ain’t necessary – it’s the stupid ones that need the advice.”
2. “Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.”
3. “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”
4. “People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what’s bitter and move on.”
5. “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”
6. “The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.”
7. “The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.”
8. “There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.”
9. “Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.”
10. “Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.”

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