Bill Cosby Quotes

I followed the rules, and I was a high achiever.

In kindergarten, we had this Irish Catholic headmistress called Sister Leonie, and I remember she would tell us, say, to put the crayons in the box. I remember thinking, 'Why is everyone finding this so easy? Why should the crayons be in the box?'

In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.

In being strict, you were able to control.

I was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them.

Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.

When I was grounded, I wouldn't be allowed to go on set. That's how much I loved it.

Gomez is a by-the-book cop. He's the only character not to break bad.

Despite what people think, I was such a rule follower at school.

I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.

I was a prefect at school, I never had a tattoo, got a detention or pierced my ears more than once.

If men are not kept straight by duty, they must be by fear. The more they are kept by fear, the less they are free.

Let a man keep the law,—any law,—and his way will be strewn with satisfactions.

There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on.

My mother was an orthopedic nurse for 20 years, and she forbade all of us children to ever get on a motorcycle, and we listened.

I'm a good boy! I do what I'm told; I'm on time. I'm always where I'm supposed to be when I'm supposed to be there. I don't mess around with other people's time and schedule. And I eat my vegetables. And my meats. And my carbs. And my dairy.

I was buttoned up as a kid. I did what I was told and never broke the rules.

I never liked being told what to do, so even in school plays, I never liked being an actor.

Teaching kids to respect rules is key.

I behave. I lock myself in my hotel room every night.

I don't like rules, because rules, you have to follow.

Curiosity has no important place in my work, only conformity.

Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself.