The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.

Quote by Bill Cosby

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I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

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...

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.

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.

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...

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

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

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

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...

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and...

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and...

Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his...

Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his...

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...

I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same...

I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same...

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...

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Old is always fifteen years from now.

Old is always fifteen years from now.