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01Undated

A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise.

Bill Cosby / quote

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02Undated

And so the dentist says 'Rinse.' So you lean over, and you're lookin' at this miniature toilet bowl.

Bill Cosby / quote

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03Undated

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.

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04Undated

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

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05Undated

gray hair is gods graffiti

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06Undated

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

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07Undated

The past is a ghost, the future a dream and all we ever have is now.

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08Undated

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

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09Undated

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.

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10Undated

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

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11Undated

And of course, when you see your brother in the toilet bowl...there's a little voice that say, 'I wonder where he would go...'...if it hadn't been for his head...

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12Undated

Parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

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13Undated

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.

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14Undated

It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.

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15Undated

That's why ears have cartilage, to keep them from flapping.

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16Undated

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!

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17Undated

Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.

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18Undated

Old is always fifteen years from now.

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19Undated

I've noticed the customers in health food stores. They are pale skinny people who usually look half dead. In a steak house you see robust ruddy people. They're dying of course but they look terrific.

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20Undated

Human beings are the only creatures on Earth that allow children to come back home.

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21Undated

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

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22Undated

There's no labor a man can do that's undignified if he does it right.

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23Undated

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.

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24Undated

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.

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