Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger.

Quote by Bill Cosby

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

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

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is...

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is...

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

I'm not sure if my parents had me because they loved me, or because they...

I'm not sure if my parents had me because they loved me, or because they...

A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely...

A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely...

Gray hair is God's graffiti.

Gray hair is God's graffiti.

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father...

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father...

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself....

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself....

We're the geniuses of the house because only a person intelligent as we could fake...

We're the geniuses of the house because only a person intelligent as we could fake...

Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.

Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.

Sigmund Freud once said, What do women want? The only thing I have learned in...

Sigmund Freud once said, What do women want? The only thing I have learned in...

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them...

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them...

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back...

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back...

As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally,...

As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally,...

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

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

You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise...

You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise...

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because...

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because...

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell...

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell...

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...

But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls...

But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls...

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up they have no holidays.

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up they have no holidays.