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

Topics: Childhood Quotes, Family Quotes

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

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

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...

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once...

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

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 essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly...

The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly...

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.

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...

My boyfriend used to ask his mother, 'How can I find the right woman for...

My boyfriend used to ask his mother, 'How can I find the right woman for...

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

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

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...

At the very least marriage is a miscarriage of expectation, at its worst a wrenching...

At the very least marriage is a miscarriage of expectation, at its worst a wrenching...

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...

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...

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or...

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or...

I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the...

I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the...

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the...

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the...

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,...

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...