Subject: Health » Doctors (Page 3)

A rule of thumb in the matter of medical advice is to take everything any doctor says with a grain of aspirin.


Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Doctor: The only man who hasn’t a guaranteed cure for a cold.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

Alexander III (356 – 323 BC) King of Macedon

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

Doctor, feel my purse.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian

If your time ain't come, not even a doctor can kill you.

Doctors, dentists, and lawyers are only on time for appointments when you’re not.

Hippocritical oath.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

The operation was a success, but I’m afraid the doctor is dead.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

… expensive care

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

There would never be any public agreement among doctors if they did not agree to agree on the main point of the doctor being always on the right.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I told my doctor I wanna stop aging, he gave me a gun!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

The doctor demands his fees whether he has killed the illness or the patient.

Just because your doctor has a name for your condition doesn't mean he knows what it is.

If a patient dies, the doctor killed him, but if he gets well, the saints have saved him.

Oh, they’ve broken my sacroiliac! Run to the nearest golf course and get a doctor!

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

The psychiatrist’s office is where you say what you think and be told what you mean.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

When doctors and undertakers meet, they wink at each other.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

I quit because I was in the hospital and I realized that I truly believed that laughter was the best medicine, but it turns out penicillin works a hell of a lot better.

(1971 – ) American comedian, actor, television host & former physician

Internship: A sleepless ordeal imposed on young M.D.’s for the purpose of weeding out the weak and infirm among them, and eroding the health of the survivors sufficiently to ensure better empathy in the years to come.