Cosby is widely recognized as a sage of modern family life. Many of his choice quotes have a lot of application to global politics, which are included below for your own amusement.

A word to the wise ain’t necessary—it’s the stupid ones that need the advice.

Anyone can dabble, but once you’ve made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it’s very hard for people to stop you.

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you’re telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.

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

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.

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

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

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

And finally, you can find some real Bill Cosby wisdom in his Pound Cake Speech.

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