Subject: Health (Page 24)

Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

I fainted last night… luckily I was going to bed at the time so I didn't get hurt.

(1974 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

A dyslexic man walks into a bra…

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

No child throws up in the bathroom.

… one says to the other her mum had a cyst on on her aviary.

Toothaches tend to start on Saturday night.

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

The longer I practice medicine the more convinced I am there are only two types of cases: those that involve taking the trousers off and those that don’t.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places; he told me to quit going to those places.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease.

Whiskey is by far the most popular of all remedies that won’t cure a cold.

(1932 – 2014) American singer

I went to the doctor and he said I had acute appendicitis, and I said compared to who?

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic

Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

(1844 – 1900) German philosopher

The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.

(1973 – ) American comedian

You know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work… medicine.

(1975 – ) Australian comedian, actor, writer, musician & director

Pediatrician: Man of little patients.

Probably a torn filament right there in the kneecap.

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

You know, the only difference between me and a surgeon or a pediatrician is that when I approach a couple with a child and say, ‘I’d like to keep him for a few days and do some bloodwork,’ it’s considered inappropriate.

(1969 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seem to think that they are at death's door when they have a simple head cold?"

(1898 – 1992) American actress