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I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.

Bill Cosby (b. 1937) American comedian
(Attributed)

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

Bill Cosby (b. 1937) American comedian
(Attributed)

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 (b. 1937) American comedian
Fatherhood, ch. 1 (1986)

I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Bill Cosby (b. 1937) American comedian
Fatherhood, ch. 3 (1986)

The childless experts on child raising also bring tears of laughter to my eyes when they say,

Bill Cosby (b. 1937) American comedian
Fatherhood, ch. 5 (1986)

The heart of marriage is memories.

Bill Cosby (b. 1937) American comedian
Love and Marriage (1989)