Famous quote by Bill Cosby

Mobile Desktop
Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first
Like

"Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first"

- Bill Cosby

About this Quote

This quote by Bill Cosby talks to the idea of striving for something that might seem difficult. He acknowledges that attaining immortality is a long shot, however he motivates us to keep trying. He is recommending that even if the chances protest us, we must still strive for our objectives. He is also recommending that if we are willing to take threats and put in the effort, we may be the first to accomplish something that has never ever been done prior to. This quote motivates us to take dangers and to never ever give up on our dreams, no matter how tough they may seem. It reminds us that even if we do not succeed, we can still be proud of ourselves for attempting.

About the Author

Bill Cosby This quote is written / told by Bill Cosby somewhere between July 12, 1937 and today. She was a famous Comedian from USA. The author also have 43 other quotes.

Go to author profile

Similar Quotes

Small: Immortality - a fate worse than death - Edgar A. Shoaff
"Immortality - a fate worse than death"
Edgar A. Shoaff
Small: Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have
Bill Cosby
"Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die"
Bill Cosby, Comedian
Small: I dont want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying - Woody Allen
Woody Allen
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying"
Woody Allen, Director
Small: The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has more threat than comfort - Mason Cooley
"The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has more threat than comfort"
Mason Cooley, Writer
Small: If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error - John Kenneth Galbraith
"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error"
John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist
Small: The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most living proof of ou
Charles Baudelaire
"The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality"
Charles Baudelaire, Poet
Small: It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which marks it off with a disconcerting immortality fro
"It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other sciences"
E. T. Bell, Mathematician
Small: Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality - Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality"
Emily Dickinson, Poet
Small: Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality - Mortimer Adler
"Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality"
Mortimer Adler, Philosopher
Small: If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the
Fyodor Dostoevsky
"If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once"
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Novelist