My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because parenting can only be learned by people who have no children.

Quote by Bill Cosby

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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...

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

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

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

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

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love...

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican...

That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican...

There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we...

There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we...

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...

It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is...

It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is...

The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have...

The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have...

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

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

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....

Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality?...

Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality?...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

Gray hair is God's graffiti.

Gray hair is God's graffiti.

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

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

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with...

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with...

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life...

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life...

I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were...

I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were...