Bill Cosby Quotes

There is no job a man can do that is undignified - if he does it well.

I just feel like if I do good work, then people should respect me for the work I do.

All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

There's no labor a man can do that's undignified-if he does it right.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

My father used to have an expression. He'd say, 'Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It's about your dignity. It's about respect. It's about your place in your community.'

When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.

I cannot do the piece-of-talking-meat thing, the 'Here's your money, wear a pretty dress and take the cheque.' I'm not made that way. I have to be as good as I can be at whatever I do.

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

Work—honest work—is not degrading. The man who by honest toil earns an honest living is a peer of the realm.

You got to earn your buckets and earn your respect.

You can't put a price on being proud of what you do.

I feel like I've earned respect with how I go about my business, how I carry myself.

Baba dropped the stack of food stamps on her desk. "Thank you but I don't want," Baba said. "I work always. In Afghanistan I work, in America I work. Thank you very much, Mrs. Dobbins, but I don't like it free money."...Baba walked out of the welfare office like a man cured of a tumor.

The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn't permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor to anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him.

One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

I'm not looking to be famous, but I want a body of work and a moral character that is deserving of fame.

Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Better to be disliked than pitied.